Your 1st web link is
http://www.transalt.org/blueprint/chapter17/chapter17b.html
In
the section entitled “Bicycle Accident Statistics” find the answers to the
following:
1. In the
United States, approximately how many bicyclists are killed every year?
2. Bicyclists
not wearing a helmet and hospitalized with head injuries are ________ times as
likely to die than bicyclists wearing a helmet.
3. Bicycle
injury rates are highest in what age group?
to
.
age
age
| In the section
entitled “Parents – Stop Bicycle Tragedies” find the answer to
the following: |
 |
4. The
sticker inside a bike helmet must meet the S____________________
M____________________F_______________________ standards and/or the
A____________________ N__________________S_______________________
I______________________ standards.
Your 2nd web link is http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search.gsp?search_constraint=0&search_query=bicycle+helmet&Continue.x=16&Continue.y=15.
On this web page, select a helmet
that you like (or select one from the Sporting Goods link page) and complete
the following:
5. The name
of the helmet you choose is
.
It is manufactured by __________________ and the Wal-Mart
price is $
.
| Your 3rd
web link is http://www.smf.org/cert.html.
On this web page, check to see if the helmet
you selected meets industry standards: |
 |
6. My
helmet
meet industry
standards.
does/ does not |
|
Your 4th web link is http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm.
In the section entitled “Injuries to
Children, From a Fact Sheet by the National Safe Kids Campaign, Bicycle
Helmet Effectiveness” find the answers to the following:
7. Helmets
can reduce the risk of brain injury in a head injury bicycle accident by
____________ %.
8. It is
estimated that _____________ % of bicycle-related fatalities among children
could be prevented with a bike helmet.
9. How many
head injuries (per year) in children ages 4 to 15 could be prevented by using
bike helmets?
___________ to __________
10. How many
deaths (per year) of children ages 4 to15 could be prevented?
_________ to _________
Your 5th web link is http://www.bhsi.org/mandator.htm.
In this site, find the answers to
the following:
11. How many
states have a bike helmet law that covers the entire state?
____________
12. Does all
of Ohio have a bike helmet law? ___________
13. How many
cities/towns/municipalities in Ohio have a bike helmet law?
____________
14. What do
you think is wrong with the Orange Village and Shaker Heights helmet laws?
15. Under
“Our View” near the bottom of this web page, click on the link entitled:
Web page up discussing some
of the recurring points. Write down, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, a reply to the view in the
“Helmets” section that “Bicycle helmets restrict vision and hearing,
endangering the user.”
16. What
might passage of a mandatory bicycle helmet law in Streetsboro accomplish?
After you have
completed all of the 15 questions, show your paper to the teacher and receive
your pre-writing worksheet.
