The Health
Surveillance Directorate recommends motorcyclists not stop using the
protections required when riding. Ask not to replace the protection accessory
with the face masks.
The aforementioned
direction under the Ministry of Health recalls that transit obligations are
independent of health regulations.
He discourages its
use as an alternative to a helmet, an implement on which he asks to use it
while driving and replace it with masks when arriving at the destination.
According to the
numbers that Health Surveillance handles, 34% of motorcyclists use helmets.
Likewise, the reflective vest is used by only 4% of motorcycle riders.
In 2019, always
according to the report provided, some 680 deaths occurred throughout the
country as a result of accidents with motorcycles as protagonists.
It is the main
cause of deaths on the road, according to data from the National Survey of Risk
Factors and Non-communicable Diseases.
