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Adult Bicyclists Must Wear Bicycle Helmets To Prevent Injuries

The importance of bicycle helmets cannot be under estimated by California bicycle accident lawyers. Bicyclists should always wear bicycle helmets to help prevent injuries. It’s the single most important step you can take to prevent the risk of serious head injury and death in a bicycle accident. However, the focus on wearing helmet has tended to focus on little children. The fact is that adult bicyclists maybe at a high risk for serious head injuries in the event of an accident, and a bicycle helmet can prevent these injuries.

The New York Times is drawing attention to the need for adult bicyclists to wear helmets while riding. While most professional bicyclists understand the high risk of head injury during an accident, and take care to wear bicycle helmets at all times, novice riders or new bicyclists may not take these risks very seriously. It is this group of bicyclists that must be targeted. When it comes to bicycle helmets, it’s common to find adult bicyclists who assume that helmets are only meant for little children. That is not true at all. According to studies, a bicycle helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by more than 85%, and facial injuries by as much as 65%.

You can increase your odds of surviving a bicycle accident with minor injuries or with no injuries at all, if you’re wearing a helmet. It’s as simple as that. However, it’s very important to get this message out to adult bicyclists in California, because biking season is well and truly here. More numbers of bikers will be on the roads, and California accident lawyers would greatly encourage all bicyclists to wear a helmet this summer.

In fact, bicycle helmets may be especially recommended for adult bicyclists. There is a physiological reason for this. As a person ages, his brain begins to shrink. However, his skull or head does not. This means that you have a small sized brain in a big sized skull. During impact, there is more space inside the skull for the brain to bounce about, and get injured.

There’s also the fact that in all 50 states, state agencies have done little to encourage all bicyclists to wear helmets. No state currently has laws requiring all bicyclists, adults and children alike, to wear helmets while riding. Some cities do have laws like this. For instance, El Cerrito in California requires all bicyclists to wear helmets.

The New York Times is offering bicyclists tips to buy a good helmet.

It’s not necessary that your helmet be very expensive. There are reasonably priced helmets in the market that meet all federal safety regulations, and do a good job of protecting you.

It’s important to buy a helmet that meets safety regulations set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

It’s important to buy a bicycle helmet that fits your skull. Poorly fitting helmets can make you uncomfortable, and can actually distract you while riding, increasing your risks of a crash. Bright helmets can help you stand out in a crowd, allowing motorists to avoid colliding with you.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of bicycle accidents. Please visit our website at http://www.robertreeveslaw.com/. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us at contact@robertreeveslaw.com.

The Reeves Law Group is not representing any party in the matters discussed in this posting.

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