JAKARTA - Traffic accidents, especially in the two-wheel segment, are quite high, even based on data from UNICEF in 2022, these accidents are vulnerable to teenagers.
University of Indonesia (UI) Transportation Observer Tri Tjahjono said from the UNICEF data the 10-19 year age group contributed the largest data on traffic accidents using two wheels.
"The necessity for very terrible motorcycle users is the group of children using motorbikes. Now the existence of motorbikes in the accidents of children and adolescents, that's a role to be," he said, in his official statement received, Wednesday, March 12.
Tri highlighted from the 2022 data, there were 30 percent of children's accidents at the age of 10-19 years, and of course in that age range they did not have a driving license (SIM).
According to Tri, this is also related to the use of complete driving attributes, especially at a young age. Tri said the importance of using helmets in driving, ranging from important attributes to safe vehicles to services for children.
"The children's abilities develop with age, meaning that they develop from baby to adult age. There are no children's helmets in Indonesia. Children's helmets such as children's shoes must be replaced quickly," he said.
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He even suggested that there should be an organization such as NGO that provides services to children's helmets. According to him, helmets for children must be considered in the future what kind of research should be considered. Including checking carefully in order to have good quality standards or SNI.
"Regarding the SNI standard helmet, I suspect whether the helmet that is sold outside is really SNI or is affixed by SNI. If we allow the SNI to circulate there are no inspectors or inspections. So the illegal SNI will drop the term SNI," he explained.
Referring to WHO data on driving safety, the use of helmets can reduce the risk of death by 42 percent, and head injuries by 69 percent. In addition, studies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed 37 percent helmets were effective in preventing deaths for motorists, and 41 percent were effective for passengers.
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