think all people should be required to wear helmets no matter their age. It is very dangerous to not wear one‚ for many reasons. A helmet will protect your head from hard hits that you will encounter when you fall off your motorcycle‚ bike‚ scooter‚ etc. Wearing a helmet will save you from getting a mangled face. Having you come home is a better feeling then you going home to a grave. Since some people feel that they are too cool to wear a helmet‚ let me advise you that having an attitude
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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (DESIGN OF HELMET) [pic] Presented by: T.V.BAHEERATHAN GAUTHAM THANGAVELU Final year Final year Mechatronics Engineering Mechatronics Engineering Kumaraguru College of Kumaraguru College of Engineering. Engineering. 9843348433 9944202600 PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (DESIGN OF HELMET) ABSTRACT In today’s
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Motorcycle helmets save lives by protecting the head against injury in an accident. People who dislike the feel of wearing a helmet‚ often justify themselves with arguments that refute established knowledge about the safety benefits of helmets. This established knowledge is based on testing and statistical studies covering decades of helmet use. Over time‚ some of these arguments against using helmets become popular myths. Here are three of them: A Helmet Is Too Thin to Protect against the Forces
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Schools use old football helmets for their football teams - some as old as 10 years. Each helmet has a 10 year old warranty and should get reconditioned & recertified every year. It doesn’t mean that a 10 year old helmet isn’t up to code. It just means you can’t use it because you can’t get it recertified. Helmets that were recertified have lables inside them showing the last recertification date.http://www.kshb.com/news/football-helmets-up-to-10-years-old-still-in-use Let’s face it. Football will always
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concussion epidemic is to simply make a better helmet. However‚ as stated above‚ making a better helmet is not as easy as it seems. Since helmet use is required for all players in the NFL‚ there have been mixed reviews on which helmets are the best and provide the highest level of protection. The VSR 4 helmet has been the most popular helmet worn by players in the NFL. Since the original development of this helmet‚ there have been more advancements in helmet technology. A study conducted by Viano‚ Pellman
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fatalities are due to head injuries which could have been prevented had the rider been wearing a helmet. Helmets are the only method to reduce the head injuries during crashes which is the leading cause of death involving motorcycle accidents. Helmet use law has created a lot of controversies over the years‚ while some supporting the law and other opposing it. One side who support the law believe that the helmet law protects the motorcyclist from danger in case of an accident and save the nation a good
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much more serious. Injuries to the head are responsible for 76% of fatalities when dealing with motorcycle crashes many of which could have been prevented had the rider been wearing a helmet. For this reason‚ many states have adopted the motorcycle helmet law. The law states that every passengers must wear a helmet at all times when riding on a motorcycle. This law has created a great deal of controversy. One side supports the law‚ believing that it protects motorcyclists from danger and saves
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Motorcycle Helmet Laws 1 Running Head: Motorcycle Helmet Laws Impact of Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Use Laws CariAnne Kestrel July 15‚ 2012 Utica College SOC 376-Z1 Criminological Research Methods Professor Gregory Fulkerson Summer 2012 Motorcycle Helmet Laws 2 Over the past 30 years‚ many states have enacted mandatory helmet laws for motorcycle drivers. There have been many states that have rescinded these laws for reasons that may not be known by those most interested
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Michigan Motorcycle helmet law Hello‚ I am here today to talk to you about the Michigan Motorcycle Helmet Law. -This law permits anyone that is 21 years of age or older that has at least 20‚000 dollars in heath insurance and has passed a safety course in the past 2 years to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. I am also here to persuade you that this law doesn’t have a person’s safety as the top priority. Just recently I have witnessed a motorcycle crash happen right before my eyes
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About Compulsory Bike Helmet Laws Reducing Injuries Tute Task 1 Scientific Thinking and Research Skills CORE 11-113 Sarah Anderson ID: 13137519 Tutorial class: Tuesday 1-3pm Word Count: 1099 The Truth About Compulsory Bike Helmet Laws Reducing Injuries WRITTEN REPORT As a child growing up in Australia one of the first birthday presents we may receive after we have learnt to walk‚ is a bicycle. Our parents would always guarantee that we would wear a helmet when we went out to play
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