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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: pocotrader who wrote (421470)10/22/2019 3:27:28 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 541340
 
The introduction of helmet laws FUNDAMENTALLY changed what pediatricians have seen in terms of brain injury - once super common, and now, not as much but still very high. We are lucky we survived with the cavalier attitude that people had in the 1960's - jungle gyms and what not.

But still, I see kids without them - and in California it is illegal for a child under 14 to not wear one. Emphasis below added - any serious read of risk management shows that this is an area needing more improvement. Don't even get me started on football.

uptodate.com

SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

Epidemiology — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017, 131,800 children <= 19 years of age sustained injuries associated with bicycles [ 6]. Children between the ages of 5 and 14 years are at the highest risk for bicycle injury [ 2,7]. Bicycle injuries in children typically are caused by falls or collision with a fixed or moving object. Serious injuries and fatalities are usually caused by collisions with motor vehicles [ 8-10]. Bicycle riding accounts for approximately 6 percent of fatal injuries and 5 percent of nonfatal injuries sustained during transportation to or from school [ 11].

Given a significant number of falls over 6 feet are fatal, give this a gander:



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