MotorcycleHelmet
Okay, I’m doing a 5 paragraph essay for english on three reasons why motorcycle helmets should be worn. I already have that it saves lives, and it will lower healthcare costs as two of the reasons. Does anyone know what a good third reason would be?
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Wearing a helmet can PREVENT accidents caused by the motorcycle driver being struck by a large bug or road debris. With the helmet on, the driver isn’t so distracted by the impact.
some cut down on wind noise
they protect your face from bugs and other objects that get kicked up
they can make you more visible if they are brightly colored and they are larger than your head
States won’t get highway funding unless they have a helmet law.
before helmets, a motorcycle accident usually meant a crushed skull and instant death–now it’s a broken neck and paraplegia
but a helmet does support a visor which let’s you avoid the windburn on your face
When it’s 118 deg F out here, no clouds, middle of the afternoon, I’d rather have some polycarb and foam between my gourd and Ra (the Sun God). It’s just more comfy that way, especially if I wet my hair before riding
If you get an accident your skull wont be damaged, it protects your head
If a bug hits your head it’ll hit the helmet instead of your face
you wont get into an accident from being surprised that a big just flew up your nose
The noise of the wind is very loud and a helmet will help a lot.
If you are riding with a full-face helmet and you accidentally blow a red light that has a camera, it is much easier to avoid conviction. The prosecutor has to prove it was you riding, and your face is hidden.
It also keeps the cops from bugging you so much, especially in the dress code states.
To piss off the insurance companies. They’re the once who lobbied successfully to get the helmet laws repealed because it’s cheaper for them to bury a dead biker than to pay hospital costs for an injured one, just like they pushed for seat belt laws to reduce car injuries so they save money.
FACT: A federal study on helmet laws which used Florida as a source of study because their abolishment was the most recent at the time. The federal government discovered that in the study state, Motorcycle deaths increased by 81% in Florida the three years following them abolishing their helmet law compared to the three years prior.
The annual motorcycle fatality rate rose from 172 to 311..nearly DOUBLE.
In fact, in 1995 the federal government stopped with holding highway money from states without helmet laws, and started a trend of states abolishing them…the number of states without helmet laws rose from 3 to 30, and in that same period of time motorcycle deaths ROSE from 5.6 deaths per 10,000 registered motorcycle, to 7.3 per 10,000 registered motorcycles (I used per 10,000 to take away the argument of “well there are more deaths because there are more motorcycles”)
More over, in the study state of Florida…61% of the 933 motorcyclists killed the three years following the abolishment of the helmet law WERE NOT wearing a helmet. And of those 561 deaths, 58% of the deaths were determined to be caused by head injuries, And of the 372 deaths of helmeted riders, 11% were diagnosed with a head injury as the cause of death.
FACT: in the study state.. 325 non helmeted riders died as the result of a head injury over the three year period following the abolishment of the helmet law, 40 helmeted riders died as the result of a head injury in that same three year period.
FACT: given the study, it was determined without arguement, undoubtably… there were 933 deaths in the study state the 3 years following the abolishment of the helmet law, 608 would have died of their injuries regardless of the helmet law, however… wearing a helmet would have saved 325 lives.
And, during the 3 year study, not one of the 933 causes of deaths, was listed as an injury that resulted from the use of a helmet.
The study also seems to combat opponents of the helmet laws theory that helmets cause death because they restrict vision, 61% of the fatalities in the 3 year period were not wearing helmets and could see just fine. Added to that is the fact that of the 933 deaths, over half simply lost control of their motorcycle and never impacted another vehical.
Now, “Mr research it”, if you want to say you should have the right to choose, and helmet laws are a violation of your freedom…thats fine, but don’t say their is nothing to suggest that helmet laws save lives, because EVERY study the federal government has conducted, tends to prove otherwise.
Oh, and NEVER say that its not costing people money..because over that same period of time the study found, that head injury hospital admissions rose by 80%, and the cost to treat head injuries from motorcycle crashes rose from 21million, to 50 million the 30 months following Florida abolishing their helmet law. I won’t make the “tax payer” arguement that the other poster made, but what I will say is that you can bet that 29 million dollar rise in what the insurance companies paid out, affected the insurance rates for EVERYBODY who has a motor vehical insured in Florida!!!
Lessening or completely eliminating fatigue due to wind, rain, insects, debris, bright hot sun. (they are very light weight now also)
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Keeps your hair from getting ratty from the wind, man!
When you spit a big gob it doesn’t get on your passenger?
Hides that rude mug of yours so you don’t scare little kids?
Covers your yellow teeth so the man don’t see ya’?
Is that three? Logan says it’s three so, you got it, dude!
It saves tons of money not having to clean all those brains off the highway.
Why is it all about the rider… How about so the ambulance driver dosnt have nightmares about peoples brains hanging out from the accidents he has to attend..
Because the insurance companies( that pretty much run our government) want us to. These are the same people that put strobe lights on the top of school buses, make you tie off with an 8′ rope if you are 5′ off the ground, won’t let you smoke when using a cutting torch, etc, etc.