Mon, 9 May 2005 15:01:24 -0400 (EDT)

Urgent - Call or Email Your U.S. Senator Today Take Action! Support The Lautenberg Motorcycle Helmet Amendment   Help Stop the Repeal of State All-rider Motorcycle Helmet Laws. Today the U.S. Senate is debating a multi-year, multi-billion dollar transportation funding bill. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) will offer an amendment to the bill restoring the federal motorcycle helmet law that Congress repealed in 1995. This was the catalyst for many states to repeal their all-rider motorcycle helmet laws. Preliminary highway fatality data released in late April by U.S. DOT show another significant jump in motorcycle fatalities -- an 85% increase since 1997. The following national organzations support the Lautenberg Amendment: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety American Academy of Pediatrics American College of Emergency Physicians Brain Injury Association of America Coalition for American Trauma Care Consumers Union Emergency Nurses Association Public Citizen Trauma Foundation Motorcyclists and other groups already are calling and writing Senators urging opposition to this amendment. Please follow the link at the top of this email to write a letter of support to your Senator and act today! We need your help. Thank you.

To Unsubscribe: You may unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time by visiting here.