Wearing
a helmet on your motorcycle is no doubt the most prudent course of
action. It can save your life.
According
to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, “in 2010, helmets saved over 1,500 riders’ lives, but about 700 more
lives could have been saved if all riders had worn helmets. . . ‘We’ve seen
that helmets reduce the likelihood of death in a motorcycle crash by
about 37 percent.’ . . . In 2010, motorcyclists who wore
helmets prevented so much head injury that the total savings to the country
amounted to $3 billion.” http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2012/07/20120713a.html.
Although
riding is more dangerous than driving, we still owe it to our families and
friends to give ourselves the best chance at surviving a crash. Ask a
cancer patient how much they’d pay to increase their likelihood of survival by
37%. You can increase yours for less than a $100. What’s stopping
you?
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