Please wear your bicycle helmet
Please wear your bicycle helmet.
Please wear your bicycle helmet.
Please wear your bicycle helmet.
I’m not sure I said that enough, or that it can be said enough – please wear your bicycle helmet.
See, I’ve even said "please."
I’ve written about the importance of bike helmets before, and I don’t mean to seem bossy or like a broken record or anything but now I’ve got a friend coming out of a week in the hospital following a bike wreck. He was wearing his helmet. I fear what might have happened if he hadn’t been. I really don’t want any cyclists around here so seriously injured or worse….
Apparently he was riding along and fell. The helmet did its job and broke, absorbing a hefty hunk of the impact so his head wouldn’t have to. I imagine the past week since the accident hasn’t been any fun for him, but he is thankfully expected to make a full recovery.
If you need any statistical background on the importance of helmets, the North Carolina bicycle crash data for the most recent year the DOT has it on their website shows 23 cyclists killed in 2004 – none of them were wearing helmets.
According to the state, helmets "reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88%" and quality helmets that meet the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s standards can be found for between $10-15.
Helmets.org says to replace helmets after crashes, after they get old… I’ve heard it said every year because the materiel degrades with time. I’ve also read every three years because the technology advances. I’m not sure there’s a real Gospel timeline for these things, but as the website quoth: "Is it from the 1970's? Replace."
Also, according to the website, which has a lot of stuff on it, "many helmet users are not securing their helmets level on the head and adjusting the straps carefully. Those cute kids with helmets tilted back have their big, bare foreheads right out there ready to" well nevermind the gory specifics….
At some point I’ll probably screw up and forget to wear mine and hopefully I’ll live to regret it, but at least I passed it along. More on the blog: jderrickstar.blogspot.com….
Anyway, now that I’ve whined that out of my system, I got to spend a few days last week down at the little fishing cottage my grandfather built on our coast near the Pamlico Sound. I really enjoyed a little down time. Check out the blog for some photos and even a video of the process of catching, cooking and cleaning crabs.
Oh, and by the way, WEAR YOUR BICYCLE HELMET.
Please wear your bicycle helmet.
Please wear your bicycle helmet.
I’m not sure I said that enough, or that it can be said enough – please wear your bicycle helmet.
See, I’ve even said "please."
I’ve written about the importance of bike helmets before, and I don’t mean to seem bossy or like a broken record or anything but now I’ve got a friend coming out of a week in the hospital following a bike wreck. He was wearing his helmet. I fear what might have happened if he hadn’t been. I really don’t want any cyclists around here so seriously injured or worse….
Apparently he was riding along and fell. The helmet did its job and broke, absorbing a hefty hunk of the impact so his head wouldn’t have to. I imagine the past week since the accident hasn’t been any fun for him, but he is thankfully expected to make a full recovery.
If you need any statistical background on the importance of helmets, the North Carolina bicycle crash data for the most recent year the DOT has it on their website shows 23 cyclists killed in 2004 – none of them were wearing helmets.
According to the state, helmets "reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88%" and quality helmets that meet the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s standards can be found for between $10-15.
Helmets.org says to replace helmets after crashes, after they get old… I’ve heard it said every year because the materiel degrades with time. I’ve also read every three years because the technology advances. I’m not sure there’s a real Gospel timeline for these things, but as the website quoth: "Is it from the 1970's? Replace."
Also, according to the website, which has a lot of stuff on it, "many helmet users are not securing their helmets level on the head and adjusting the straps carefully. Those cute kids with helmets tilted back have their big, bare foreheads right out there ready to" well nevermind the gory specifics….
At some point I’ll probably screw up and forget to wear mine and hopefully I’ll live to regret it, but at least I passed it along. More on the blog: jderrickstar.blogspot.com….
Anyway, now that I’ve whined that out of my system, I got to spend a few days last week down at the little fishing cottage my grandfather built on our coast near the Pamlico Sound. I really enjoyed a little down time. Check out the blog for some photos and even a video of the process of catching, cooking and cleaning crabs.
Oh, and by the way, WEAR YOUR BICYCLE HELMET.
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