Why Wear a Motorcycle Helmet?

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Why should you wear a Motorcycle helmet?  This one is easy - the reason to wear a helmet is to save your life and save your brain.  According to the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation,  If you are in an accident and you are wearing a helmet you are 42% less likely to die and 69% less likely to be injured.

Because it's not just about dying.  You don't want to end up in the hospital with a life long injury to your brain.   Think about people,  everything you do is controled by your brain and if part of it doesn't work anymore neither do you.  That means you might lose the ability to talk, to walk, to think, to feed yourself and now you are dependent on someone else to take care of you for the rest of your life.  

If you are in an accident and you hit your head, your head stops moving when it hits the pavement or the other vechicle or whatever, but your brain does not. It keeps moving forward until it hits the inside of your skull and even then it doesn't stop moving.  It bounces back to hit the other side of your skull.  All this bouncing around causes damage that can result in a minor head injury such as a concussion or it can cause death.  Don't let it happen to you - WEAR A HELMET!

So, This information is pretty easy to understand.  So, why don't we do it.  Why do people NOT use a helmet every time they ride a bike?  Well, the list of excuses usually includes things like -  I wasn't going very far
I'm a good driver
It's too hot to wear a helmet
Does any of this sound familiar? 

Well, watch this public service announcement and see if you still think those are good excuses. 

Thanks for listening and remember No Excuses wear a helmet everytime you get on a motorbike.  This has been Cassie Brenn for fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com.