Children Wear Helmets? Are helmets important to wear? My partner and I believe that helmets need to be worn by every child in order to keep them safe. If you wear a helmet while you are riding your bike, skating, or other activities where you can get hurt it will protect you. “Do you think that helmets are important to wear?” If you do not, hopefully we can change your thinking. Many people believe that helmets are not important to wear, but we strongly believe that they are. Helmets are important
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Good evening speaker Quinn and distinguished members of the city council, thank you for providing our coalition with this opportunity to talk about the “helmets for Citi bike Act” that we are in favor of and the importance of your support in passing such a bill for this great city that we live in. We are excited with this new bike-share program between the city and Citi group Inc. As you know former mayor Bloomberg to both encourage healthy lifestyle and to reduce the number of motorist on NYC
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Motorcycle Helmets Motorcycle riders drastically endanger their lives by not wearing helmets when riding their bikes. There have been many studies stating that wearing helmets could drastically save lives. Other studies have stated that it’s the drivers of automobiles which do not look out for motorcycles while driving is a real danger. Helmets will never produce a 100% survival rate but wearing them will increase your odds. Motorcycle helmets are necessary because they could save
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Motorcycle helmet, why? It is known that the National Traffic Act requires the use of helmets when riding on motorcycles or mopeds. However, many people do not use it. The mandatory use seems logical given that both vehicles have a body that demonstrates no restraint in a collision or rollover, and that the mere loss of balance on the bike means hitting the head against the hard ground. And the head is not as hard as the floor. Why wear a helmet Helmets save lives by preventing or absorbing
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schemas which made them anticipate a good result when they pass helmeted cyclists. Schemas means using previous information that are stored in our brain and applying them when we require. Thus, some of the automobile drivers may have the notion that helmets always reflect a safe rider. Therefore, in case of encountering them, their unconscious mind automatically works, which causes a lessening of drivers’ awareness toward cyclists. Yet, if the cyclists made unpredictable action, that will trigger the
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not providing the laws, urgency, and incentives to protect the lives of motorcyclist; Congressmen and legislation are contributing to a possible epidemic of “Headless Horsemen” by blindly allowing motorcyclists to have the option of not wearing a helmet while operating these high-speed vehicles. I am a fellow motorcyclist; I have had the pleasure of riding motorcycles since my early twenties (over 17 years). I spent this past year in Orlando, Florida, and coming from Washington, DC, the weather
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slow down" (Macyko1). Bicycle riders need to wear helmets to protect their brains from injury, yet unfortunately the public is simply not aware of this need and many people will continue to die or be seriously injured unless something is done. Bicycle helmets save lives and should be required by Arizona State law for riders of all ages. Opponents feel that bicycle helmet laws are too strict and are misdirected. Principally, they feel that helmet laws do not prevent accidents and point out the fact
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Motorcycle Helmet Laws Jeff Boss Cardinal Stritch University Mike McKinnon MGT 301 BSM 02 3008 May 22, 2013 Motorcycle Helmet Laws Millions of people all over the United States choose motorcycles over automobiles for the thrill, speed, and high performance capabilities. Motorcycles do not provide the riders with the outer protection that cars provide; therefore, when one crashes, the results are usually much more serious. Injuries to the head are responsible for the majority of fatalities
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who have not felt this sensation yet. This kind of person is always surprised and admired for those who ride. They say: “Aren’t you afraid of riding your motorcycle?”, “You are risking your life every time you go out there on that”, “Put always your helmet on”. This last sentence, I have heard it countless times and from different kinds of persons, even people that I do not know, but they are always worried and say: “An accident can happen any time, so better put it on every time”. I know that riding
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Then we talked about difference between a normal bike and a road bike. She didn't know what I road bike was. I told her that a road bike were the bike which had a pair of large thin wheels. It was light and fast, especially on a flat road. At first it was hard to balance, because the wheels were thin. It's a lot faster than normal bike, because of the pair of wheels. It's larger and lighter, the wheel will take you further but with less energy. That was why I loved road bike but road bike was
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