| Why do you think one needs a helmet while riding | | | | wear it also. All parents, coaches, trainers and |
| a bicycle or skating or horse riding or even | | | | organizers should be made aware of this safety |
| playing?Well,some say that helmets are | | | | precaution. A lot of injuries also occur during horse |
| unnecessary as they cannot save a persons life | | | | riding and the statistics of accidents is very |
| or prevent accidents.True,safety helmets cannot | | | | alarming. Even though other factors may also be |
| prevent or stop accidents but they can in some | | | | involved from falling off a horse like slipping and |
| measure safe a person?s life when met with an | | | | back riding but the height from which the person |
| accident.According to the statistics calculated | | | | falls is what jeopardizes the injury. If he falls from |
| recently in U.S, about one fourth of the people | | | | a height of 2 feet he is likely to have brain |
| brought in emergency rooms have head injuries | | | | damage but if he falls from a greater height as |
| and one out of every eight of them are reported | | | | the horse tends to elevate him up to 8 feet from |
| to have brain injuries. This may not have | | | | the ground then his skull would be shattered. So, |
| happened had they been wearing a safety helmet. | | | | one should never ride a horse without wearing a |
| So at least brain injury would have been | | | | safety helmet. Bicycle helmets are made from |
| prevented which would eventually cause death. A | | | | foam polystyrene, and this polystyrene though is |
| single head injury can also make a person | | | | rigid it can be molded into virtually any shape. This |
| handicapped for life. Even while at work especially | | | | can be easily damaged by crushing as it has a |
| where there are a lot of construction work, a | | | | quite a high number of tiny air pockets. This |
| safety helmet is a must. It should be the | | | | process of crushing absorbs energy thus making |
| responsibility of the employer to provide these | | | | it ideal for the construction of bicycle helmets. |
| helmets to his employees as many to prevent | | | | This helmets tend to get a bit warm during hot |
| any such head injuries. Choosing the right helmet: | | | | days but nowadays there are more expensive |
| There are different kinds of safety helmet | | | | ones that are available and these helmets have |
| available as different sports require different | | | | more air vents to keep you cool but this can |
| helmets. But the key here is to wear the right | | | | reduce the amount of energy absorbed as the |
| fitting. A loose helmet cannot protect the head as | | | | amount of polystyrene is reduced. Whether |
| much as fitted ones. A helmet should always fit | | | | wearing a helmet is necessary or not depends on |
| the persons head. It should touch the head all the | | | | the individual. But you should never underestimate |
| way around and should be stable enough that | | | | the use of it because there are benefits of using |
| even in jerks it should not move. When it comes | | | | a safety helmet. It is always better to take |
| to buying for kids many a times we tend to feel | | | | precautions then suffer the consequences. You |
| that we should get a bigger one as they would | | | | should take responsibity of young ones in your |
| grow anyways but that is wrong. The brand is | | | | family and educate them about safety helmets |
| also important. One should never compromise on | | | | after all it is always better to have knowledge |
| price when it comes to safety. Comfort is | | | | about things then be careless about it. Always |
| another thing that you should keep in mind as if it | | | | wear helmets and be safe. |
| is not comfortable then you are very unlikely to | | | | |