Totana Local Police participated in the campaign of surveillance and control for the use of helmets on motorcycles and mopeds in Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia, the Ministry of the Interior, through the General Directorate of Traffic, made from 15 May to July 31.
The objectives of this campaign have been the proper use of safety helmet (properly fastened) as a security measure to prevent serious injury or death in case of accident, for what is to be a percentage of helmet use 100 percent .
In the town of Totana, police said, there counted 4,589 motorcycles and 1,624 motorcycles, and throughout the year, and outside these specific campaigns, the Local Police in Totana specific checks made proper use of the case with the same objectives this campaign.
During the fifteen days of development of this latest campaign and awareness special surveillance conducted in Totana, the Police Officers Local de Totana have made a total of 65 controls specific to the objectives set, coming to control the drivers and users of 92 motorcycles and 401 scooters, having to open a total of 53 disciplinary proceedings and proceed to the detention of 12 mopeds for not having their drivers with the corresponding helmet to continue to run the vehicle.
The helmet is the basic underpinning of the security policy on the go on a bike and some data provided by the Traffic Department reported that 75 percent of motorcycle deaths are due to head injuries, the risk that a motorist suffers a brain injury is multiplied by three with no helmet and wear helmets properly fastened and reduced by 72 percent the severity of injuries.
Also, not wearing a helmet increases the risk of head injury, the severity of head injuries, time in hospital and the likelihood of death resulting from head injury
Therefore, wearing a helmet decreases the risk and severity of injuries by 72 percent, the probability of death by 39 percent, depending on the speed of the bike, and decrease the cost of medical care associated with accidents
In 2007, in Spain, a total of 150 riders without helmets were killed in traffic accident.
The goal is that any motorist dies in traffic accident by not wearing a helmet.
