ATTITUDE OF OKADA RIDERS TOWARDS THE USE OF HEAD CRASH HELMET AND SAFETY

Code No: 271801

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ABSTRACT

The study was on Attitude of Okada riders towards the use of crash helmet and safety. The study was carried out at Ojodu Local Government area of Lagos State.
The research design use in this study in the non-experimental research design. The research population at the Okada riders at the Ojodu Local Government.
No sample were selected using non-probability sampling method. Convenience    sampling method was used .
These samples were taken as any Okada rider on ground that day because the   research subject. The result of the work indicates that positive attitude of Okada riders towards the use of helmet donates safety to them and their passengers while their negative attitudes lead to high morbidity and mortality rate thereby reducing human resources in the local government, state and the nation as a whole.
There should be a law enforcing the use of crash helmet by Okada riders to provide adequate safety and prevent head injury indirectly pending morbidity and     mortality rate of Okada riders

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CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Okada riders literary means motor cycle riders and their attitudes towards the used of helmet and safely have become the issues for concern in recent times.
Their negative attitudes towards the use of crash helmet, contributes to increase morbidity and mortality rates.
Their attitudes and disregard for safety measures have over the years led to the emergency of several directives to sage guard their life.
One new directives that has dominates headlines caused to defiance on the part of Okada riders and made the relevant authorities resort to puncture measures is that of crash helmet to the average Okada rider, the use of helmets translates into inconvenience and unnecessary expenses in the face of the biting economic condition.
It also legalize extortions in the hands of the Nigerian police for man â€“ compliance, to an average passenger the use of helmet in too dangerous especially the one provided by an Okada rider. Infections and ritual purposes are factors that make many hearts palpate at the sight of the helmet.
Crash Helmet are designed to cushion and protect riderâ€™s head from the impact of a crash.
Lastly, the motorcycle exposes the riders to a crash because it has no windshield, doors, windows or a seat belt to secure and protect the rider, hence the use of helmet which provide safety for the riderâ€™s head and negative attitude towards the use of helmet leads to head injury when there is a fall.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Okada riders constitute major problems in increasing morbidity and mortality rate thereby decreasing human resources in the nation.
Illiteracy and poverty level of Okada riders also acts as contributing factors to the negative attitudes of Okada riders towards the use of crash helmet.
Ignorance about safety importance of the crash helmet makes most of the Okada riders use both fake and substandard crash helmet.