Motorcycle Helmets Persuasive Speech

the helmet covers your whole face and head in order to protect you face from getting kicked in the face after getting bucked off. wearing a helmet is required if you are under 19 years of age. i feel that the helmet should be required for all ages.( in bull-riding you try to stay on a wild, 2,000 pound bull, some with horns the size of my arm. These bulls have tight straps around there butt to make them kick and jump harder. And all you have to hold on to is a single rope. if you fall of, the bull can stomp, trample, or horn you, and you could break bones from the fall (bull riding, 2015). So in the case of safety i feel that helmets should be required for all ages and at all

Helmets are not always safe to wear while driving. It can be a distraction to others and it can cause a collision. For example, Football players wear helmets

The first reason is the lack of visibility. Players like to have full peripheral vision and see as much of the field as possible. The design of these helmets will take away the peripheral vision of players, hence creating a slower and more injury prone game. A key to being a prolific scorer is being deceptive. To be deceptive, players need as much peripheral vision as possible. With less peripheral vision, players cannot be deceptive. Also, it will be more difficult to make quick passes because players will need to fully move their heads to locate their target. Because of the lack of visibility, the game will become slower and possibly have more injuries.

Many advocates believe the choice to wear a helmet or not should be their own decision. They argue that the government should not be interfering in the matter and view their involvement makes it unconstitutional. In my opinion, the constitution does not give the right for everyone to do as they please. A paper presented at The International Motorcycle Safety Conference in Washington DC states that “The public interest, not interests of a particular person or group, requires interference with individual rights” Obviously the choice is not always our own. The government has the responsibility to protect its citizens from their own choices that cause unnecessary harm.

1. Motorcycle helmet laws save lives: Death rates from head injuries, such as traumatic, are twice as high among motorcyclists in states without all-rider helmet laws. And motorcycle helmets are 37 percent effective in preventing motorcyclist deaths and 67 percent effective in preventing brain

On little league player helmets, their helmets protect both ears, and they can have a medal piece on the front of their helmet that protects their face. Another addition to the baseball helmet is some players add an extension to the face part, so they can protect their face. The helmet is not just for protection though, but can be used as a piece of their uniform and the team can design the helmet however they like. The helmet today though may look a lot different than it does later

3. On the other hand, motorcycle enthusiasts believe increased fatality rates are caused by the increased number of motorcyclists on the roads; however, the number of deaths has grown faster than the number of registered bikes (Wlazelek 1). Motorcycle fatalities have increased even after the increase in the number of bikers was accounted for. Helmets save lives and there is nothing that can change that fact. Riding 65 mph on an open bike with cars and trucks all around is dangerous in itself, so what is it hurting to take a little extra precaution not to end up dead or with severe brain damage. Fatality rates of motorcycle accidents were declining for two decades until the new law was passed and now they have increased dramatically (Berenson 2).

evolution of a sports helmet, literally rider by rider by rider.” said Matt Owen. (Cartwright,

Many people think that to wear a helmet should a personal desition and should be not mandatory. After all, if harm is cause for not wearing a helmet, it will be a personal harm and no a general harm for society, “People have the right to chose their own poison” (Rosenstand, 255).

The outer shell of the helmet has 2 layers of carbon fiber. Carbon fiber is extremely strong and light. The construction of the outer shell begins with a thin layer of gel coat. After that a special resign is added to the shell. The special resign includes several types of glass, carbon, Kevlar, and other exotic fibers and weaves. Kevlar is what makes carbon fiber helmets extremely durable and light. All that added together is what gives the outer shell its glossy finish look. Underneath the outer shell is the BEADALL liner. BEADALL liner is a foam layer that is made of polystyrene or polypropylene. This layer of foam is put in the crown of the helmet, which makes it absorbs energy that the outer shell didn’t absorb at the time of impact. The last piece of the helmet is the form-fitting layer that is made out of nylon or Nomex, which is a fire retardant material that protects a racer from getting burned in case a fire does happen. You can also find that Nomex is used in firesuits. Today all race helmets have to have a snell rating in order to race. The snell rating is accumulated by a series of tests of impact done to the helmet, to see how well it holds up and if it flies off the test subjects head.

Helmets are made to keep expected impacts within the range of human brain tolerance. Helmets also can be very safe as they can be to not being safe; such as when getting hit it protects your face and your bare head does not receive the immediate impact, it could also be bad because the impact could possibly be too much to the point where it effects your brain. Making a helmet that keeps expected and unexpected impacts within the range of human brain tolerance would exceed the safety precautions.

Evidence incapable of being resisted proposes that using a motorcycle helmet considerably reduces the rate of head injuries in accidents. In accordance with National Highway Authority approximates, for every 100 people died in a motorcycle accident even as not using a helmet, 37 would have continued to live when they had been using a helmet. In addition, it doesn't even

“You cannot fix brain dead” those are the exact words my Biomedical Science teacher said when we were learning about the brain. She told us about how many motorcyclists lose their lives from brain damage. She also told us how many families go through terrible heartbreak as they see their loved ones on life support, unable to form a coherent thought long enough to understand that they are saying goodbye. “We have too many traumatic brain injuries brought on by people who do not want to protect themselves on our roadways” (Washington Times, 2011). We were told that doctors even refer to the motorcyclists who refuse to wear helmets as “donor dummies” because they can get organs in amazing condition out of the people who have crashed and hit their heads. Having mandatory helmet laws would save families the heartache and the money needed to pay for a funeral. Helmets actually used to be required, but are recently starting to be optional. Which in my opinion is the exact opposite of what should be happening. Truth be told, motorcycle helmets should be required for all motorcyclists to be able to ride.

The lack of doors, roofs, and most importantly seatbelts most people think that there is no way to be safe while riding, but with the correct safety gear such as helmets and leather layers could protect in accidents and falls. In the article “Mid-Life and Motorcycles a Bad Mix for Beginners: Highway Patrol Wants New Approach.” by Matt Bise he states, “So far in 2017 of the 63 killed (at the time of the meeting) two were age 20 or under, the rest were 21 and older; of those, 87 percent were not wearing a helmet or safety gear. Forty-two percent of the crashes involved just the rider” (Bise). Regardless of age it is imperative to wear the proper gear at all times to reduce the chance of a fatal injury. With the gear you are still at risk when falling or getting into an accidental but the gear prevents most the injury and can keep most of the impact.

Motorcycle helmets are specially made and tested to prevent injuries from occurring to the driver’s skull, brain, and spinal cord. Many helmets are run through extensive testing to ensure that they are going to keep the motorcyclist safe in the event of a collision or slide (Wendling). According to a study, full face helmets, which surround the entire head and cover the face, reduced the risk of facial and skull fractures by almost half (Wendling). Helmeted