Bicycling is a great way to get outdoors and be physically active. It’s also a fun and healthy, low-impact exercise that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, but like any sporting activity, it does have certain risks especially if you are not wearing the right protective gear. Every year, 300,000 children need emergency medical treatment at a hospital for bike injuries and 26,000 of those injuries involve traumatic brain injuries. Indeed, bicycling accidents lead to more head injuries for children than any other sport, but less than half, only 48%, of children wear a helmet when biking.
That is why The Law Offices of John Day, P.C. wants to ensure the children in our community have access to a free, safe and well-fitted helmet.
A helmet can reduce the risk of brain injury by as much as 85% because the helmet absorbs the majority of shock during impact rather than your skull or brain, and according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 60% of all bicyclists who are killed were not wearing a helmet. And while a helmet is not going to save your life from all bicycling accidents, it does increase your survival rate. In fact, in a study published earlier this year, scientists and pathologists examined 119 bicycling accidents in which the cyclist died and found 37% of the cyclists who were killed would have survived had they been wearing helmets.
Hopefully by now, you are convinced of the need for a bicycle helmet. We certainly are which is why, we are proud to say we have donated more than 3,500 bicycle helmets to children in Middle Tennessee.
We are honored to have had the opportunity to make a difference thanks to:
We hope parents will continue taking advantage of our free helmet give-aways to help protect their children.
Check our website and social media pages often to learn more about our upcoming helmet giveaways!