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Wear your helmet

Wear your helmet. My message, and how I spread it. By Eric Mattson. Why I chose it. I know some people who ride motorcycles Many lives could have been saved each year if people would have worn their helmets. Wisconsin doesn’t have a helmet law. What I did.

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Wear your helmet

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  1. Wear your helmet My message, and how I spread it. By Eric Mattson

  2. Why I chose it • I know some people who ride motorcycles • Many lives could have been saved each year if people would have worn their helmets. • Wisconsin doesn’t have a helmet law.

  3. What I did • Sent it to all my friends on Facebook; they spread it to their friends, etc, etc. • I wrote a petition to get a helmet law passed. • I put up some posters around my neighborhood.

  4. Statistics • Helmets stop approximately 37% of potentially fatal injuries. • In 1998, 327 lives could have been saved by helmets; 500 lives were saved by helmets

  5. Some visible results • I’ve seen more people on motorcycles wearing helmets. • Some of my Facebook friends are now wearing their helmets more consistently

  6. Resources • http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-Safety/crash.htm • http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/motorcycle/

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