Highway Safety: NHTSA's Activities Concerning State Motorcycle Helmet Laws

RCED-97-185R Published: Jun 25, 1997. Publicly Released: Jun 25, 1997.

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) activities encouraging states to enact motorcycle helmet laws or discouraging the repeal of such laws, focusing on: (1) what activities NHTSA has carried out to promote the enactment of or discourage the repeal of state motorcycle helmet laws; and (2) whether NHTSA has the authority to undertake these activities.

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