One thing I have noticed, and that has been even more noticeable since I moved here, is that barely anyone uses a helmet when riding a bike.
Okay, I went from using one as a child, to thinking I was too cool to use one, to deciding, well, if I fall over... My head will probably get rather beaten up! So I decided that now when I have started to ride a bike again, I will use a helmet. Especially as there are a lot more cars going around where I bike.
Even though (it seems like) Sweden are getting less and less accidents with bikes involved, I think that using a helmet is vital.
As the numbers on how many injured and killed differs a lot from where you look, you can figure it out for yourself that one could reduce the amount of deaths if people had been using a helmet.
Think of it like this. In a car, you have more protection. On a bike, you have none!
Okay, if you get hit, and you (in some miracle way) does not land on your head, but only your body get damaged a helmet will not help a lot, but on the other hand. A liver, a kidney or a heart is (even if that is hard to) is easier to transplant than a brain, and wounds in other parts of the body will heal, a brain damage can make you unable to live life for the rest of your life. And according to some statistics, if half of the people who died had used a helmet, they would have lived.
Okay, if you get hit, and you (in some miracle way) does not land on your head, but only your body get damaged a helmet will not help a lot, but on the other hand. A liver, a kidney or a heart is (even if that is hard to) is easier to transplant than a brain, and wounds in other parts of the body will heal, a brain damage can make you unable to live life for the rest of your life. And according to some statistics, if half of the people who died had used a helmet, they would have lived.
As it seems, boys are the ones who has the most injuries, both by adults and children, and I think that is because they are more rash than girls are, and I (even though I have no proof for this) believe more girls use a helmet than boys. But it is important that you use the right kind of helmet. An adult should not use a kids helmet, and a kid should not use an adults helmet.
The most injuries are caused by poorly maintained bike-ways. Gravel, broken asphalt, bumps, ice and snow are some of the most common reasons why there is accidents.
I think that not using a helmet is rather stupid, and anyone who doesn't use one, is probably not careful with their heads, or do not care if they get seriously injured. Well, I think that people who does not use a helmet are stupid, no matter how "intelligent" they are, because if they can not figure out the dangers of not using a helmet in traffic, then they probably are not very intelligent.
http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/trygg-hansa/pressrelease/view/10-000-skadade-barn-om-aaret-efter-cykelolyckor-singelolyckor-vanligast-451885
http://www.svenskcykling.se/tag/cykelolyckor/
http://traningslara.se/ta-det-forsiktigt-nar-du-cyklar/
http://www.nytt24.se/a/flesta-cykelolyckor-orsakas-av-v%C3%A5rgrus
http://svt.se/2.128339/1.2230042/utskriftsvanligt_format
