The United Nations Motorcycle Helmet Study
In examining the relationship of income growth and national motorcycle fleet expansion, this study argues the socio-economic case for introduction of helmet regulations and their enforcement by delivering a benefit-cost analysis of taking ...
Author: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Publisher: United Nations
ISBN: 9210577884
Category: Political Science
Page: 82
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Millions Saved
... Decade of Action for Road Safety,77 and a 2014 United Nations General
Assembly resolution, “Improving Global Road Safety,” asks ... ADB and ASEAN (
Association of Southeast Asian Nations). ... Developing an Integrated Campaign
to Address Child Helmet Use in Vietnam: A Case Study. ... “Vietnam Shows Effect
of Motorcycle Helmets: Injuries Dropped up to 30% after Their Use Became
Mandatory.
Author: Amanda Glassman
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 1933286938
Category: Social Science
Page: 300
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Polymer Foams Handbook
Pollitt J.M. (1982), Motorcyclists protective helmets, in Head Protection – The
State of the Art, Eds. Pedder J.B. and Mills N.J., University ... the approval of
protective helmets and of their visors for drivers and passengers of motor cycles
and mopeds, United Nations, Geneva. ... Yettram A.L., Godfrey N.P.M. & Chinn
B.P. (1994) Materials for motorcycle crash helmets – a finite element parametric
study, Plast.
Author: Nigel Mills
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 9780080475448
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 562
View: 979
Strengthening Road Safety Legislation
Geneva, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 2002 (http://www.
unece.org/trans/main/wp29/ wp29regs21-40.html, accessed ... The use of non-
standard motorcycle helmets in low-and middleincome countries: a multicentre
study.
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241505109
Category: Law
Page: 88
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Essentials of Global Health
... traffic accidents, by region, low- and middle-income countries, 236, 237t case
studies motorcycle helmet use in Taiwan, ... 241 risk factors for, 236–237
vignettes, 233 United Kingdom (UK), healthcare system, 76, 77 United Nations
Agencies, ...
Author: Richard Skolnik
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 0763734217
Category: Medical
Page: 322
View: 281
A Report to the Congress on the Effect of Motorcycle Helmet Use Law Repeal
A Case for Helmet Use United States. National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. Also in Section III , prior studies relating to the issue of whether or
not helmets cause neck injuries were reviewed . ... nation and because of the
long - term medical and rehabilitative costs which must be born by society as a
whole when ...
Author: United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Government publications
Page: 150
View: 923
Highway Research Abstracts
Using archival and ethnographic evidence , examination is made of the
sociocultural context of motor vehicle use , roaduser behavior , and RTA
occurrence on Niue Island , a nation with a high degree of motorization .
Motorcycles are the ...
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Category: Highway engineering
Page:
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Management Development in East West Joint Ventures
A Guide for Managers in the Economics in Transition International Labour
Organisation, United Nations. Economic Commission for ... CASE - STUDY No.2 :
THE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE IN BELARUS : 11 THE CASE OF AGV -
POLOTSK The small Italian firm AGV began in 1946 by manufacturing saddles
for bicycles , and in 1947 , became the world's first motorcycle helmet producer .
Today , Italian ...
Author: International Labour Organisation
Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category: Europe
Page: 128
View: 546
Impact Head Injury
Philippens M . , J . J . Nieboer and J . Wismans , TNO Road - Vehicles Research
Institute " An Advanced Database of the 50th ... Gilchrist , A . and N . J . Mills , "
Deformation analysis for motorcycle helmets " , IRCOBI conference , Eindhoven ,
The Netherlands , 1993 , pp 269 - 281 . 14 . ... United Nations , " Regulation No .
Author: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. Aerospace Medical Panel. Specialists' Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Crash injuries
Page: 248
View: 276
World Transport Research
Proceedings of 7th World Conference on Transport Research David A. Hensher,
Jenny King, Tae Hoon Oum ... signals • counterclockwise travel at roundabouts
lane discipline motorcycle helmets The need to select among these programs ...
Funding for the Study was provided by the United Nations Development Program
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Author: David A. Hensher
Publisher: Pergamon Press
ISBN: 9780080427782
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 434
View: 732
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Although children are not exempt from helmet legislation , only an estimated 18
% of primary school children currently wear helmets in Viet Nam , where the
motorcycle is the main mode of transport for millions of families . ... The United
Nations Road Safety Collaboration has developed a global plan to guide
governments , international agencies , civil ... was supported by the Royal Society
of study published in the March issue of Medicine , the Royal Society of Tropical
the Journal of ...
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Medicine
Page:
View: 577
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
United States. Congress. House. COMMUNICATIONS FROM, TRANSMITTING–
Continued State, Secretary of—Continued ... U.N. Participation Act, passport
authorities, Foreign Service Act, annend (No. 3913) ... Motorcycle helmet study (
No.
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Legislation
Page:
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Congressional Record
Elementary Statistics
The results showed that 67% of those who called were in favor of moving the
United Nations headquarters out of the United States. ... Campus Crime In a
study of college campus crimes committed by students high on alcohol or drugs,
a mail survey of 1875 students was ... Motorcycle Helmets The Hawaii State
Senate held hearings when it was considering a law requiring that motorcyclists
wear helmets.
Author: Mario F. Triola
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780201614800
Category: Education
Page: 832
View: 671
Journal of the Senate
United Nations trade points research and development activities and Minnesota
Internet center trade point ... D.H .; Pappas ; Pogemiller ) Motorcycle helmet use
evidence inadmissibility ( Langseth ; Laidig ; Hanson ; Murphy ) Omnibus ...
Author: Minnesota. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
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Category: Minnesota
Page:
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Neurological Research
From this study we can see that helmet use not only reduced the incidence of TBI
, but also decreased the severity of TBI and improved the outcome . ... Based on
these results , if we extend the enforcement to the whole nation and expect 80 %
of motorcyclists to wear helmets , more than 1,200 people can be saved ... In
1966 the United States government passed a helmet use law for motorcycle
riders .
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Neurology
Page:
View: 709
Retail Clerks Advocate
One study found 20 per cent of the injured persons were riding the motorcycle for
the first or second time , while 70 per cent had either rented or borrowed the
motorcycle . The study also urged the wearing of safety helmets as the most
effective device presently available for reducing the ... WORLD POPULATION in
mid - 1965 was 3.2 billion , according to the latest figures supplied by the United
Nations .
Author:
Publisher:
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Category: Clerks
Page:
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Performance Requirements for Motorcyclist Helmets
In the United States , the use of helmets as a means of protecting the head from
injury in the event of accidents was first introduced in conjunction ... the wearing
of suitable crash helmets , there exists only partial compliance and a lack of
uniformity throughout the nation . ... The primary objectives of the study were :
Analyze accident reports and available motorcycle accident research to
determine types of ...
Author: Harold Lunenfeld
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Motorcyclists
Page: 258
View: 451
International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles Seventh Report
Numbered among the studies carried out directly by the Administration are: •
performance and driving quality tests on ... Systems, spread of radios; •
perception of acoustical signals by motorcyclists and automobilists wearing crash
helmets. ... Besides in the fight against noise, the Italian Administration is
collaborating closely in the area of environmental protection with UNEP (United
Nations Organization ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category:
Page: 986
View: 464
Medical Conditions Affecting Drivers
In 1962 , there were about 660,000 motorcycles in the nation , and in 1981 there
were about 6 million . ... In a study involving four states , motorcycle helmets were
associated with a 65 % reduction in injuries to the head , face and neck and ...
Author: Theodore C. Doege
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Automobile drivers
Page: 86
View: 409
