Contest Bicycle Helmet
The Dutch resident is not a fan of wearing a bicycle helmet, although that research shows, that wearing a helmet reduces the risk of brain injury by 36% and can prevent a lot of suffering, even for that short ride to school or work. That is why HersenStrijdFonds has initiated a special day per year to gain more visibility for this.
On our last MHeNs Research Day, we asked the participants what we could do to motivate people to put on a helmet each time they got on their bike. The best 5 ideas got a helmet today, to use themselves or to pass it through to someone who doesn’t has one yet.
The winners and ideas are:
Bert Smeets - 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘺, 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘗𝘚 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤).
Expertisecentrum Hersenletsel Limburg (EHL), Elyan Aarts & Pauline van Gils took the honours - 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 (𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴/𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴) 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘫𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴.
Jeroen Deenik - 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴/𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 (𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵) 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴.
Yelyzaveta Snihirova - 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
Gabriëlla Blokland - 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨/𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨/𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.
Hopefully there are organizations that want/can develop these ideas further so that we will have a safer bicycle use on the (Dutch) roads.
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