# ACCESSORY HELMET — EQUIPMENT:MOTORCYCLE:HELMETS
> NHTSA complaint `847622` · 2011-03-18 · ACCESSORY DIST., INC.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** ACCESSORY
- **Model:** HELMET
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** ACCESSORY DIST., INC.
- **Component:** EQUIPMENT:MOTORCYCLE:HELMETS
## Narrative
I SEE MANY LAWS ABOUT SEAT BELTS (TO PROTECT MYSELF), MOTORCYCLE HELMETS (TO PROTECT MYSELF) WHY DO I NOT SEE ANY LAWS PROHIBITING CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRINING A MOTOR VEHICLE. RESEARCH HAS PROVED THAT EVEN USING A HANDS FREE DEVICE IS EQUIVALENT TO DRIVING WITH A BLOOD ALCHOHOL LEVEL OF .08, WHICH IS LEGALLY DRUNK. THIS WOULD PROTECT EVERY DRIVER ON THE ROAD. I SUPPORTED THIS STAND EVEN BEFORE I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN. I WAS HIT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. IT'S TIME WE GET THIS TECHNOLOGY OUT OF OUR VEHICLES.  I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND ONE PERSON, IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD, WHO CANNOT BE AWAY FROM A PHONE FOR ONE HOUR. THAT PERSON DOES NOT EXIST. WE GOT ALONG JUST FINE BEFORE THESE THINGS EVEN EXISTED, I'M SURE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.  *TR
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