“Scooter injuries are increasing every year, and many such incidents are not even registered. Easily affected e-mail scooter drivers often do not even consult doctors and are not included in the statistics,” states the doctor.
According to him, scooter riders usually experience minor injuries – various scratches, bruises, sprains – and in such cases they treat themselves at home.
Only one in ten wears helmets
“Hands and head are most often affected: face and teeth are injured. Unfortunately, serious injuries also occur – various brain injuries, jaw fractures, complex fractures of arms and legs. In such cases, you won’t be able to heal at home – you need an operation,” says the traumatologist.
In such cases, you will no longer be able to heal at home – you need an operation.
According to A. Vaitiekus, about 10-20 percent of those who seek treatment are admitted to a ward for inpatient treatment, and about two-thirds require surgery.
Although a survey conducted last year revealed that almost 30 percent wear a helmet while driving. email the experience of scooter drivers and orthopedic-traumatologists shows that only one in ten of the injured scooter riders was wearing a helmet.
“When cyclists started wearing helmets, the severity of their injuries decreased significantly, so I think that helmets should be mandatory for scooter riders as well.” All the data show, and common sense says, that when wearing a helmet, injuries are much easier,” the doctor is convinced.
I also had to treat a five-year-old
In addition to not wearing a helmet, scooter riders also often exceed the safe speed, underestimate the risk of collision with pedestrians, use electronic devices (especially the phone) while driving, and get on the scooter after consuming alcohol.
In addition to not wearing a helmet, scooter riders also often exceed the safe speed.
For example, out of more than a thousand traffic accidents involving scooter riders recorded by the police in the first half of this year, more than a fifth of the traffic accidents were related to intoxicated persons.
A. Vaitiekus sees more examples of irresponsible behavior of scooter riders in his practice.
“Email scooters are driven by children under the age of 14, who do not have the right to do so – there was a previous case where a five-year-old driver was injured. Sometimes two or even three people ride on one scooter. It happens that an adult carries a child along with him. Such cases are the most astonishing – because it is the child who will suffer the most in the event of an accident,” the doctor marvels.
Scooter riders are invited to ride with a helmet
Based on 2023 According to an opinion survey, two-thirds of scooter riders do not wear helmets or safety vests, and one in five thinks that road traffic rules do not apply to them at all.
Taking this into account, the Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration (LTSA) initiated the informational and educational campaign “Ride a helmet” during this year’s warm season, during which e-mail scooter drivers are encouraged to follow the KET, drive politely, wear helmets and other protective equipment.
Personal arch. photo/Genius Lukošius
According to LTSA director Geniaus Lukošiaus, it is expected that the campaign carried out through various media will increase the awareness of scooter riders, which in turn will reduce the number of injuries suffered by them and other road users.
“It is very important that e-mail persons driving scooters should behave responsibly on the road, know the road traffic rules applicable to them and wear protective equipment. Of the latter, the helmet is probably the most important tool that can save the scooter rider’s life in emergency situations,” emphasizes G. Lukošius.
Let’s protect ourselves and others. Let’s roll with a helmet!
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2024-08-16 21:09:43
