I repeat...I have no trouble with states that have no helmet laws.But these states *must* assure that knuckleheads who don't wear them get *nothing* from government,private insurance companies or free care from hospitals.Oh,and I forgot to mention...not a nickel from lawsuits against other drivers,motorcycle makers,tire makers,etc,etc,etc.
That is very important. A car vs. a motorcycle accidents are not that rare. If a rider is well equipped, he may get some road rash, or a broken bone; if he has no helmet he may die. The car driver will be in far deeper trouble if that happens; it's no longer an accidental injury where everyone lives - it's now an involuntary homicide. If the police wants, they will be investigating every action of the driver, and if they discover that he tuned the radio a few seconds before the accident, or that his phone rang, he may become a murderer.
In other words, it's indeed up to the motorbike rider to live or to die; in a free country this should be nobody's else concern. However it becomes someone else's concern when this rider chooses a random driver as an instrument of his death.