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Medical Video: Cheap vs Expensive Motorcycle Helmet - Crash Tested

For those of you who choose to drive everyday, the challenge is quite a lot. Especially if it's not because of the many potholes, other motorbike riders who are reckless (especially the mothers who use the left-hand dimmer, but suddenly turn right), until the bus or truck that also sometimes turns around arbitrarily. We as motorbike riders must be extra careful.

Okay, if you already have a SIM or use driving equipment that you think is safe. But, don't let you choose the helmet! Wrong choice of helmet, might even be fatal as a result on the road.

The danger of a non full face helmet

According to research conducted by researchers in Brazil and published in The Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, a helmet with an open face and notfull face providing protection is like not wearing a helmet at all. The study was conducted on 253 motorists who had just had a road accident and suffered injuries and head trauma as a result.

Of all the respondents, 156 people did not wear helmets when accidents occurred, 51 people wore non full face helmets, and only 46 people wore full face helmets. Of 156 who did not wear helmets at all, 69.2 percent had traumatic brain injuries. Surprisingly, 76.5 percent of patients wearing non full face helmets also suffered the same brain injury. Compare that with 52 percent of patients wearing full face helmets who suffer from brain trauma.

Traumatic or brain injurytraumatic brain injury is loss of consciousness, loss of memory of events leading up to accidents, changes in mental state during an accident, or damage to nerves.

The study also showed that as many as 16 percent of accident patients who did not use helmets at all, suffered injuries to the upper head. In patients who wear non full face helmets, the number is 3.9 percent. Whereas for full face helmet users, upper head injuries only occur in 2.2 percent of people.

The researchers concluded, a full face helmet is the best choice for motorbike driving, because drivers with open helmets or those who do not use helmets tend to suffer from more severe facial and head injuries.

Another benefit is wearing a full face helmet

As written in AyoSelamat.com, a means of socialization managed by the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation to increase awareness of the importance of driving safety, helmets full face has several advantages, such as the following:

You will keep your head protected from rain in the rainy season. If it rains heavily, rainwater will be very painful if exposed to the face directly. Helmet full face itself is a helmet that meets safety standards. You will also avoid getting drenched in the head using this helmet.
Your appearance will look better. Helmet full face is a type of helmet that is good in terms of quality, so that it will indirectly make you more attractive when using it. Prices may be a little more expensive, but by issuing the budget which is not small, this is worth the security you get.
The benefits that are of course most important to you are that your security is more secure and protected from undesirable things (plus, you also won't be ticketed by the police, unless you violate other rules). As the current national helmet standard regulations, helmets full face is a recommended helmet. By using a helmet full face You will be able to drive on the highway more safely and comfortably, plus show that you are a person who obeys the rules.
Helmet full face it's also very important to keep your face away from air pollution, dust, smoke, gravel or small objects that suddenly come from the front of you.

By using a helmet full face, the security of your head will be more secure. Quoted from DriveSpark.com, besides the head, helmet full face also increases safety for your neck.

In America, a study says 60% of all accidents will hit the chin area upwards, including the eyes and forehead. When you wear a helmet full face, the front of your head will be much safer because of the helmet full face protect the entire front from the chin to the back of your head including the neck.

Lack of a full face helmet

Even though it's a helmet full face very safe compared to other helmets, this helmet has several disadvantages too, such as the following:

You will feel very hot in the dry season or summer.
Glass will evaporate in winter, when it is raining heavily, or in foggy weather.
If you want to sneeze or cough, you must be ready to take off the helmet full face You first. If not, you should be prepared to withstand the smell of your sneezing and coughing.

So, before choosing to drive with your motorcycle, don't forget to make sure the driving equipment is safe. In particular, your helmet must be safe and guaranteed to protect you, especially the head.

If you are just about to buy a helmet full face, make sure the helmet you buy has ventilation and can work well. You certainly don't want to overheat right?

Good driving safely!

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