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Motorcycle helmets hard on hearing
Motorcycle helmets, while protecting bikers' brains, may also be contributing to hearing loss. Scientists mapped the airflow and noise patterns to find out why.
Jul 29, 2011
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Study of scooter accidents uses simulations to suggest ways riders could reduce brain injuries
A team of researchers at Changsha University of Science and Technology, working with a colleague from Xiamen University of Technology, has found that scooter riders could reduce their chances of a brain injury in a crash ...
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With head injuries mounting, will cities put their feet down over electric scooters?
Almost half of the injured Austin scooter riders identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its first-ever study of dockless electric scooters suffered a head injury, with 15% experiencing a traumatic ...
May 3, 2019
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Study finds nearly half of shared e-scooters being ridden illegally
A QUT observational study of electric scooter riding in central Brisbane has found nearly half of shared e-scooters were being ridden illegally.
Jul 11, 2019
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Helmet use reduces moderate or severe head injuries in youths riding ATVs and dirt bikes
Neurosurgeons see many young people presenting with traumatic brain injuries following all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or dirt bike crashes. Often these youths were wearing no protective headgear at the time of the crash. To quantify ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Bad vibrations for motorbike couriers
The e-commerce sector has led to a massive increase in the number of motorcycle couriers criss-crossing our city streets every day delivering packages and food to countless destinations. A new experimental investigation into ...
May 24, 2021
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Illegal urban off-road vehicles as risky as motorcycles in cities
People who illegally ride off-road vehicles, such as dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, on city streets suffer similar crash injuries as motorcyclists, but are less likely to die even though many riders don't wear helmets, ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Off-road motorcycles put four times more kids in hospital than quad-bikes: Study
Motorcycles cause a far higher rate of injuries among children than quad bikes do, a study from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA has found, but quad bikes account for more serious individual injuries.
Jul 13, 2022
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Helmet churn adds to challenges of e-scooter disruption
You're smiling as your e-scooter whispers along the riverside path. Without the helmet, the wind can blow through your hair – and it looks good! You hear a shout, "Pull over!", and turn to see police heading towards you ...
Apr 4, 2019
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Helmet use linked to more arm and hand injuries in motorcycle crash patients, not less
Maybe parents are right to bristle when their infatuated offspring brings home a motorcycle rider: Despite only making up 10% of vehicles on U.S. roads, motorcycle riders comprise 40% of all traffic accident trauma patients. ...
Apr 2, 2021
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