FairWarning: Even as more than 800,000 novelty helmets are sold in the U.S. every year, and as motorcycle crash deaths mount, federal regulators have never acted with urgency to crack down on novelty helmets.

FairWarning: Fatalities from motorcycle crashes have more than doubled since the mid-1990s. Yet if the biker groups’ lobbyists and congressional allies have their way, the federal government will be thwarted in its efforts to reduce the body count.