The city’s electric screens remain the subject of acute disputes. In particular, many are indignant by lovers to climb together on a scooter. We explain why it really doesn’t bother to be done.
The scooter is a very traumatic mode of transport. Especially if you do not respect the rules of use. And the rules did not occur from zero. Often, in the streets, you can see how two (and sometimes three) people go to a scooter. It is not only adolescents and couples in love with this, but also parents with children.
Experts from the Pirogov University of the Ministry of Health of Russia explained why it was not worth it.
The fact is that driving together, unlike prohibitions, threatens not only a fine, but also much more dangerous injuries in the event of an accident.
“It is extremely dangerous to drive together because it is very difficult to maintain balance.
Unlike the fall during walking or running (by its own height), the fall of the scooter adds another 20 cm. In addition, the severity of the injury is affected by movement speed.
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The most common injuries when falling from a scooter in the upper body are clasp fractures, dislocations of the acromial end of the collarbone, fractures of the proximal end of the humerus. The ankle joint and the knee suffer from the bottom.
Vertebral lesions can also be the result of a drop in a scooter. But traumatic brain lesions are even more dangerous. Among them is the most characteristic of the concussion. But in a collision with moving transport, serious damage is possible until hemorrhage in the brain with the possibility of death.
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