"Now remember to get yourself a bike home when cycling to school" - this phrase has most probably heard countless times from both mother and father through their upbringing, and your umildbare response to this has probably been something like "it destroys my hairstyle, so thank you. "

Let's start with some statistics on the following area. According to the safety of the traffic, then distribute the numbers out from the number of people using helmets in 2016 the case:

Under 11 years: 80%

From 11 to 15 years: 43%

From 16 to 25 years: 17%

From 26 to 60 years: 31%

Over 60 years: 24%

Can you see the problem? We take just a little more statistics.

Every year, ending up about 1,600 cyclists in the emergency room because they have to draw up a more serious head injury as a result of an accident in traffic.

Drove all these injured cyclists with helmets , so could many of the injuries have been avoided, and happily uses more and more today bike home, but the numbers are still not high enough.

Take care of yourself in traffic.

Now that we are in a dark time of year, so it is extra important to pay attention when a cyclist is on the way to and from school, as it can be easy for an error to overlook you as a cyclist, a dark intersection. Therefore it is extremely important that you take care of yourself, so before you jump on your bike so just think twice about the importance of a helmet can be.

If you are considering buying a bike helmet, then there's some points here you need to consider when you take your bike at home.

• The helmet should be comfortable to wear and therefore fit to your head. Although you perhaps most of all want to choose the smart, you may try a few different.
• The more comfortable helmet sits, the more likely also to the general use, and if it's nice, it's just a huge plus.
• Your helmet should sit level and not backwards - it reduces the likelihood of injury.
• The strap should be tight.