Riding a motorcycle is extremely dangerous, not only because you are vulnerable on two wheels, but also for your health.
The entire motorcycling community in the Netherlands looks forward to this weekend all year round, because it is Motorcycle fair at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Everything that has anything to do with driving around on two wheels too little can be found in the heart of Utrecht in the coming days.
In addition to motorcycle brands, clothing brands and related fun motorcycle things, you will also find an Alpine stall. Not the car brand, but Alpine specialist in hearing protection. This club had market researcher Blauw Research conduct research into the use of earplugs among motorcyclists.
Three quarters do not wear hearing protection
The result is not bad for a market party that makes money from hearing protection. As many as three-quarters of motorcyclists do not protect themselves with earplugs while riding their motorcycle.
And while riding a motorcycle there is a lot of engine noise and wind noise, which in turn creates an extremely high noise load. Not new by the way, it has been known for years. Also with our own motor mouse and editor-in-chief @michaelras.
In any case, you're crazy if you don't wear earplugs on the highway
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Extinguish within fifteen minutes
Now you may think, what a rubber tile paradise, nothing more is allowed! But the same research shows that without specialized earplugs, your hearing can be permanently damaged within fifteen minutes of riding a motorcycle. Like this! The ENT association is shocked by this records the AD.
The ear, nose and throat specialists brought together in this association often receive motor mice at their consultation hours with tinnitus. In other words, tinnitus. It turns out that this not only comes from the blasting metal music in the motorcycle hall, but also from motorcycling itself.
Wind noise, the roar of the engine and the Scania V8 driving next to you on the highway, all that noise is disastrous for your ears. At a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, a noise level of 90 decibels is already measured and if you cruise through the Leidsche Rijntunnel at 100 kilometers per hour, the noise level is the same as a circular saw. But continuously.
Earplugs on the motorcycle!
In short, the moral of the story is that your helmet does not dampen sound enough. It “we at Toilet Duck” research clearly shows that it is smarter to wear earplugs on the motorcycle, otherwise you will be completely deaf within fifteen minutes. Whose deed.
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