Do Motorcycle Helmets Interfere with the Vision and Hearing of Riders? [Traffic Tech]

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• Alternative Title:
  Traffic Tech: Do Motorcycle Helmets Interfere with the Vision and Hearing of Riders?
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Motorcycles
  • Motorcycle helmets
  • Motorcycle driving
  • Auditory perception
  • Visual perception
  • Lane changing
  • Human subject testing
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Tech
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1524812
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Motorcycle crash statistics show that helmets are about minimum sound level (auditory threshold) was recorded 29 percent effective in preventing crash fatalities. That for each rider. Half of the riders were in the vision test is, on average, riders wearing a helmet have a 29 percent and half in the hearing test condition. better chance of surviving a crash than riders without a helmet. Opponents of mandatory state motorcycle helmet laws, The vision test showed that most riders recover the however, have suggested that although effective in lateral field of view that is lost by wearing a helmet by reducing injuries, helmets may increase a rider's risk of turning their heads a little farther. Before changing crashing by interfering with the ability to see and hear lanes, 19 of the 23 riders compensated for the loss by surrounding traffic.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1044/dot_1044_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 22.83 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f7f319db14235f2f1f8b231b0544e13937ea6a13eec00c3cf2611ef2c98c3e55