by Susan Fleming
Statistics vary from state to state, and from year to year, but almost 60% of the motorcycle fatalities in the United States involved riders who were not wearing helmets. Consider these three points from NHTSA.gov:
1. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that for every 100 bikers killed while not wearing a helmet, 37 of their lives would have been saved if they were wearing a helmet.
2. A Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) study found that motorcycle helmets are 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries and that unhelmeted motorcyclists involved in crashes were three times more likely to suffer brain injuries than those wearing helmets.
3. A study conducted at the University of Southern California concluded that wearing helmets was the single most important factor in surviving motorcycle crashes.
And yet the controversy rages. To wear a helmet or not. The right to let your hair blow in the breeze and bugs get in your mouth… Seems pretty simple to me, but then I’m not motorcycle person, so what do I know?
But I do know about another helmet, the one Paul writes about in the book of Ephesians, the helmet of salvation.
Much of the time, Satan wages war against our minds. He lies to us. He steals our joy. He deceives us into thinking we are scum of the earth, when in reality, we are children of the King, and the bride of Christ.
You think it is dangerous to ride a motorcycle without a helmet? That’s nothing compared to the danger of cruising around without the helmet of salvation on! Don’t leave home without it!
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