Why do you need to wear a helmet?

Answer 1

As anyone who has ever been involved in a motorbike accident, or known someone who bearly survived one will tell you, your head is the most important and vulnerable part of your body. It's where all the information on how to do things is stored... things like moving your arms & legs, speaking and even having lucid thoughts. If it gets damaged there is a good chance your brain will suffer damage too. Brain damage doesn't necessarily mean becoming a cabbage; it can take many forms. You might be lucky and just loose your long-term memory (for example), or you might be slightly less lucky and loose your sight, hearing, smell or taste. On the other end of the scale, your brain may just go into hybernation. This could mean ending up as nothing more than a sack of meat who some poor soul has to push around in a wheelchair. Alternatively it might see you in a coma for a week... a month... a year... the rest of your life. Ultimately, however, your brain might just say enough's enough and shut down completely; in which case, your body won't be far behind it... And that's when one of two things happens: 1) You die. Simple as. Medical intervention cannot prevent this in most cases. 2) Some bright spark decides your body should live on without your mind and hooks it up to a life support system, where it stays, without you in it until it dies of natural causes. And all that is possible just from the blunt impact trauma! But there's always the chance that what your head hits might not be blunt, but pointy! This could mean loosing an eye, your nose, a handfull of teeth & perhaps your toungue, or even your whole lower jaw or half your entire face. If you're really lucky you might just get away with a bit of gravel rash down your face and have to choose between living with the scars or paying for plastic surgery... Helmet laws are an infringement of the freedom to choose in the eyes of most bikers, and so some choose to disobey them, which is fine... until they come off! Being a rebel is great... but being a dead one defeats the whole object! "So I just won't fall off!" You say? Well show me a man who's ridden a motorbike all his life & never come off once and I'll show you a liar! It's practically inevitable and anyone who says different has probably never ridden before! It WILL happen. The question is how bad will it be when it does?... and how well protected will you be at the time? In conclusion, it is only important to wear a helmet if you value your head & what's inside it!

Answer 2

• Laws requiring all motorcyclists to wear a helmet are in place in 19 states and the District of Columbia
• Laws requiring only some motorcyclists to wear a helmet are in place in 28 states
• There is no motorcycle helmet use law in 3 states (Illinois, Iowa, and New Hampshire)
• Some bicyclists are required by law to wear a helmet in 21 states and the District of Columbia
• There is no bicycle helmet use law in 29 states

The history of motorcycle helmet laws in the United States is characterized by change. In 1967, to increase motorcycle helmet use, the federal government required the states to enact helmet use laws in order to qualify for certain federal safety programs and highway construction funds. The federal incentive worked. By the early 1970s, almost all the states had universal motorcycle helmet laws. Michigan was the first state to repeal its law in 1968, beginning a pattern of repeal, reenactment, and amendment of motorcycle helmet laws. In 1976, states successfully lobbied Congress to stop the Department of Transportation from assessing financial penalties on states without helmet laws.

No state has a universal bicycle helmet law. Only 21 states and the District of Columbia have statewide bicycle helmet laws, and they apply only to young riders (often riders younger than 16). Local ordinances in a few other states require bicycle helmets for some or all riders.

Low-power cycle is a generic term used by the Institute to cover motor-driven cycles, mopeds, scooters, and various other 2-wheeled cycles excluded from the motorcycle definition. While state laws vary, a cycle with an engine displacement of 50 cubic centimeters or less, brake horsepower of 2 or less, and top speeds of 30 mph or less typically is considered a low-power cycle. Twenty-three states have motorcycle helmet laws that cover all low-power cycles. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia have laws that cover some low-power cycles.

• Laws requiring all motorcyclists to wear a helmet are in place in 19 states and the District of Columbia
• Laws requiring only some motorcyclists to wear a helmet are in place in 28 states
• There is no motorcycle helmet use law in 3 states (Illinois, Iowa, and New Hampshire)
• Some bicyclists are required by law to wear a helmet in 21 states and the District of Columbia
• There is no bicycle helmet use law in 29 states

The history of motorcycle helmet laws in the United States is characterized by change. In 1967, to increase motorcycle helmet use, the federal government required the states to enact helmet use laws in order to qualify for certain federal safety programs and highway construction funds. The federal incentive worked. By the early 1970s, almost all the states had universal motorcycle helmet laws. Michigan was the first state to repeal its law in 1968, beginning a pattern of repeal, reenactment, and amendment of motorcycle helmet laws. In 1976, states successfully lobbied Congress to stop the Department of Transportation from assessing financial penalties on states without helmet laws.

No state has a universal bicycle helmet law. Only 21 states and the District of Columbia have statewide bicycle helmet laws, and they apply only to young riders (often riders younger than 16). Local ordinances in a few other states require bicycle helmets for some or all riders.

Low-power cycle is a generic term used by the Institute to cover motor-driven cycles, mopeds, scooters, and various other 2-wheeled cycles excluded from the motorcycle definition. While state laws vary, a cycle with an engine displacement of 50 cubic centimeters or less, brake horsepower of 2 or less, and top speeds of 30 mph or less typically is considered a low-power cycle. Twenty-three states have motorcycle helmet laws that cover all low-power cycles. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia have laws that cover some low-power cycles.

Answer 3

To protect your head if you fall.
So you can protect your skull incase of hard contact the the head
because if you fall and hurt your head too hard you could die.
Helmets are designed to protect your head and brain from injury. Brain damage can be the result of even a minor injury to the head. People with brain damage can die. Or they can live a lifetime paralyzed, unable to talk, see, or hear. The brain is what controls everything you do, and when injured it can affect you in many bad ways. Helmets protect your head and keep you safe

Beside above said,halmet acts as isolator(atmospheric tempreatures),in all weather conditions,as human decission making property depends at temp. of brain.there is something know as thermal shocks,sudden change in tempreature ,which directly related to viscocity of blood(temp. rise,viscosity will be less,and will be higher in cold) always have impact at human .sudden jerks in any luquid is not not good.
It's meant to protect your head by the foam in the helmet.

Therefore, it slows the impact of the head to the floor.

Original Answer:To help keep your brains INSIDE your skull in case you have an accident. Another PerspectiveYou should wear a helmet because it can keep you safe if you have an acident. They are cheap and easy to get, so if you dont have one then you should get one, for on a bicycle, on a motorbike, or on anything else where you are on an open vehicle.
I wear helmet just because safe my head from any injury in case of any accident

MotoHart Uk
Helmets can protect against head damage or skull fractures. If you land on your head in an accident, it's better the pavement feels the crack of a helmet protecting you than the crack of your skull. and its for your safety.
There's no smoke and mirrors about it, bicycle helmets have one major advantage: increased safety. In fact, they are the best protection from head injury inflicted by bicycle crash that you can get. The other elements associated with a helmet are largely negative: overheating, less comfort, lack of style. However, the advantage of safety is so overwhelming and well-defined that it easily outweighs the rather superficial disadvantages. Helmets have been made mandatory via state and local laws around the country because of this major advantage.

Answer 4

You have to where a helmet because if you dont and you fall.. Guess whos gonna have a cracked head