Wear Helmets!

If you've received a bicycle for this Christmas season, don't forget to put on a helmet! Helmet advocacy group helmets.org has suggested that in the United States,

• A very high percentage of cyclists' brain injuries can be prevented by a helmet, estimated at anywhere from 45 to 88 per cent.
  
• Direct costs of cyclists' injuries due to not using helmets are estimated at $81 million each year, rising with health care costs.
  
• Indirect costs of cyclists' injuries due to not using helmets are estimated at $2.3 billion each year.

Ride safe this holiday season!