Importance of Bicycle Safty Helmets

As a mode of transportation, the bicycle is a remarkably simple and satisfying machine. In fact, bicycling is so addictively pleasant that it is synonymous with fun, exercise, and good times. However, head injuries on a bicycle are not fun. It is very serious, and the challenge to an individual to find his way again is enormous. There was a man who was thirty-eight years old when his bicycle was hit by a pickup truck …

…recommended that effective interventions (e.g., legislation making helmet use mandatory; school-based educational programs; community-based interventions) designed to increase bicycle helmet use be implemented. Wearing an approved helmet in the proper manner (taut chin strap, helmet shifted forward on the head, proper-fitting helmet) is the most effective way one can prevent serious head injury or death from a bicycle incident. Even a modest increase in helmet use rates can prove beneficial in reducing these rates.