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Wear your helmet My message, and how I spread it. By Eric Mattson

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Wear your helmet. My message, and how I spread it. By Eric Mattson. Why I chose it. I know some people who ride motorcycles Many lives could have been saved each year if people would have worn their helmets. Wisconsin doesn’t have a helmet law. What I did. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Wear your helmet

My message, and how I spread it.

By Eric Mattson

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Why I chose it

• I know some people who ride motorcycles

• Many lives could have been saved each year if people would have worn their helmets.

• Wisconsin doesn’t have a helmet law.

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What I did

• Sent it to all my friends on Facebook; they spread it to their friends, etc, etc.

• I wrote a petition to get a helmet law passed.

• I put up some posters around my neighborhood.

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Statistics

• Helmets stop approximately 37% of potentially fatal injuries.

• In 1998, 327 lives could have been saved by helmets; 500 lives were saved by helmets

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Some visible results

• I’ve seen more people on motorcycles wearing helmets.

• Some of my Facebook friends are now wearing their helmets more consistently

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Resources

• http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-Safety/crash.htm

• http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/motorcycle/