The solution COULD be having motorcycle drivers sign a legal document that they CHOOSE not to ware motorcycle helmets, and to acknowledge that they will NOT receive ANY financial help from state nor federal government (aka public help).
As for insurance companies, they would just charge a huge fee for covering motorcycle drivers who do not ware helmets and be able to refuse to pay coverage for motorcycle drivers who are in an accident while not waring a helmet.
Also note that the comment in the video about the divergent trend of number of people dying in car accidents vs the growth in the number of motorcycle deaths MAY be that today's cars are built with better safety features, making the comparison invalid.
"Why Rise in Motorcycle Deaths Hasn't Meant Tougher Helmet Laws" PBS Newshour 6/19/2012
Excerpt
JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): Fatalities on the nation's roads may be declining, but motorcycle deaths are not. Those deaths have increased from about 3,200 in 2002 to 4,500 in 2010. And yet state laws requiring helmets have been weakened.
In the 1970s, 47 states shown here in gray required all motorcycle drives to wear helmets. Today, just 19 of them, all in dark blue, require them. Most of the rest in light blue still require helmets of younger riders. That's the finding of a new report released earlier this month by the investigative group FairWarning.org.
Days later, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued its own report, finding that five times as many cyclists who don't wear helmets die in accidents compared to those who do wear one.
All of this has stirred plenty of anger in the motorcycle community. The American Motorcyclist Association said in a statement that it -- quote -- "opposes helmet mandates because they have unintended consequences. Historically, the enforcement of helmet mandates has siphoned away scarce funds from effective crash prevention programs such as rider education and motorist awareness."
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