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Prominent Pennsylvania Lawyer Saddened By Lack of Helmet Use
Prominent Pennsylvania lawyer Stewart L. Cohen, after hearing about the injuries to Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in a motorcycle accident, said he was saddened to hear the news, but not surprised.
Cohen, president of the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania, wrote an op-ed piece last fall critical of the lack of a mandatory helmet law in the Keystone State.
The lawyer said, "Ironic, isn't it, that a person whose profession requires that he wear a helmet to protect himself in an organized contact sport can legally go bareheaded on the road at speeds of 65 miles per hour?"
Roethlisberger, who led the Pennsylvania pro football team to a victory in Super Bowl XL, sustained a broken jaw and nose and other injuries which kept him in the operating room for seven hours.
Cohen said that as a lawyer and brain injury advocate, he has hopes the Roethlisberger will have no lasting injury and that the quarterback will soon advocate that young people wear helmets.
Pennsylvania changed the law in 2003 allowing experienced motorcycle riders over 21 to not to wear a helmet. That year there were 27 deaths of riders without helmets. There were 70 deaths in 2004 and 87 in 2005.
The prominent lawyer said Pennsylvania should reinstate the mandatory helmet law for all motorcycle riders.
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