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Brain Injury Prevention 101: Wear A Helmet

Serious head injuries and brain injuries can affect every facet of your life – for the rest of your life. A traumatic brain injury can cause memory problems, mobility problems, personality changes, cognition difficulties, depression, sensory issues, and chronic pain. Treating a brain injury and caring for a brain injury victim can also take years of therapy and millions of dollars throughout your life. So – what is the very best way to prevent a traffic accident brain injury in Virginia? It’s easy: wear a helmet.

Whether you are riding a bike, riding a motorcycle, or riding an ATV, a helmet is an easy, inexpensive, and surefire way to minimize brain injuries when exploring the roads (and off-road paths) of Virginia and West Virginia. In fact a recent study showed that wearing a helmet reduces bicycle accident brain injuries by 88 percent – and that if every cyclist in the country wore a helmet, hundreds of lives would be saved every year.

While a helmet doesn’t prevent all brain injuries or all motorcycle and bicycle injury deaths, a helmet can greatly reduce your risk of traumatic brain injury when riding a bike, motorcycle, or four-wheeler.

Here are a few more telling helmet safety statistics:

• The NHTSA estimates that motorcycle riders who consistently wear helmets reduce their chances of a brain injury by 29 percent.
• About 750 motorcycle riders a year would not die if every rider wore a safety helmet while on the road.
• Every year, helmets save the lives of about 1,700 motorcycle riders.
• Two out of three bicycle fatalities in the United State are due to traumatic head injuries.
• Cyclists not wearing a helmet are 14 times more likely to die in a bicycle crash than cyclists who do take the time to wear a helmet.
• Bicycle rider traumatic brain injuries cost the health care system an estimated $81 million a year in direct costs and $2.3 billion in indirect costs.

About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and accident law and we have experience handling traumatic brain injury and closed head injuries. In fact, our firm received, what was then, the largest verdict in Virginia history in a brain injury case. We also have a blog focused exclusively on topics related to brain injuries and head wounds. 

Our firm is based in Virginia Beach, though but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia if you've been seriously hurt by someone else's carelessness. While not every injury case meets our criteria,  we off a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at 1-800-752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call promptly.  

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis were included among the "Best Lawyers in America" 2010 Edition, and along with attorney John Cooper, were named Virginia "Super Lawyers" For Personal Injury Law  (2010 Ed., less than 5% of lawyers are chosen), and selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2009). In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical, respected law firms. Our firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.

Our injury attorneys also host an extensive injury law video library on Youtube . Furthermore, our lawyers proudly edit the Virginia Beach Injuryboard and Norfolk Injuryboard as a public information service.

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