Helmet Persuasive Speech

"I was relaxed when you told me you wouldn't ride your bike without a helmet...... I'm just not sure what changed... I love you too..... I just wish you would wear your helmet all the time," explained Karl after texting with his son making sure he wore his helmet while riding his motorcycle. "I wear my helmet all the time except for the short distance I just went on," explained Scott, Karl's son. Scott died exactly one month later, after an SUV turned into his motorcycles path. He was not wearing a helmet, and suffered traumatic head injuries. Think how devastating this was to Scott's family. 138 people died in a motorcycle crash in similar cases as Scott's. Sixty nine of those people weren't wearing a helmet just like Scott. Are you willing to risk your life just as Scott did, just because you didn't wear a

What caused this very unfortunate situation? Let me answer that for you. You were in a serious motorcycle crash and had to have many medical operations. Why so many operations? You weren't wearing a helmet. Helmets don't just protect you from injuries they protect you from having to pay thousands of dollars in medical bills. Let's say you were wearing a helmet and got in a serious crash. You would have to pay an average of 17,361 dollars on medical costs. That's about 13,000 dollars less than if you weren't wearing a helmet. In 2010 more than three billion dollars in economic costs were saved due to helmet use in the United States. Another 1.4 billion dollars could have been saved if all motorcyclists had worn helmet. That is a lot of money that could have been saved. (Smarter) Wear a helmet to save you life and your money. Think about it, how would you feel if you were 30,000 dollars in debts. Probably not very good because you had to cut down on groceries and many other things you may have wanted. Wear a helmet and save thousands of you're hard earned