Yet drivers and states refuse to see this and don’t enforce the laws needed to be in place. Drivers without a helmet are 40% more likely to have a fatal head injury and 15% more likely to have a no-fatal injury leading to hospitalizing. They are also three times more likely to suffer from brain injury either right away or later on down the road. Not only does your health pay for this but so does your wallet. Studies have shown that inpatient charges double form $2,325,000 to $4,095,000 for those who ride with out a helmet. Cost for non-helmet riders is also increased because they are the riders who tend to have little to no insurance. If they are in a wreck they are also the ones who suffer from a worse injury, which not only increases their medical bills but then raises the economical cost. From 1984 to 2002, if all riders wore a helmet they could have saved over $19 billion dollars in economical
Yet drivers and states refuse to see this and don’t enforce the laws needed to be in place. Drivers without a helmet are 40% more likely to have a fatal head injury and 15% more likely to have a no-fatal injury leading to hospitalizing. They are also three times more likely to suffer from brain injury either right away or later on down the road. Not only does your health pay for this but so does your wallet. Studies have shown that inpatient charges double form $2,325,000 to $4,095,000 for those who ride with out a helmet. Cost for non-helmet riders is also increased because they are the riders who tend to have little to no insurance. If they are in a wreck they are also the ones who suffer from a worse injury, which not only increases their medical bills but then raises the economical cost. From 1984 to 2002, if all riders wore a helmet they could have saved over $19 billion dollars in economical