Make Roads Safe Hellas

The big prize draw competition for September has started!

Motorcycle riders account for 30% of road fatalities in Greece. Currently helmet usage rates in Greece remain low despite legislation that requires use for both riders and passengers. It is well established that the use of helmets is the single most effective means of reducing fatal and nonfatal injuries among riders of motor cycles and the most cost effective intervention. Wearing a helmet decreases the risk and severity of injury by 72% and decreases the likelihood of death by 39%. According to a recent survey carried out in Chania and Heraklio by Make Roads Safe Hellas, in partnership with the Technical University of Crete, 1 of every 2 motorcyclists or don’t use a helmet or don’t fasten it correctly.

In this context Make Roads Safe Hellas, with the support of the FIA Foundation, has decided to launch a two year helmet use promotion campaign, the Crete Motorcycle Helmet Campaign (CMHC). Within the framework of this campaign, during the month of June a big helmet competition takes place. Each week riders correctly wearing their helmet will be identified and asked to enter into the prize draw. Winners will be announced at the end of the month. The prizes are high-quality helmets donated by Nolan and VIP tickets to watch a MOTOGP race, offered by FIM (the International Motorcycle Federation). A second month long campaign of competitions will be held in September, with same 5 prizes.

A press conference and the draw took place on Friday 29th of July, in presence of David Ward, general director of the FIA Foundation and George Mylonogiannis, president of Make Roads Safe Hellas, where the five winners were annouched. The winners of the four NOLAN helmets are Manolis Leventelis, Giannis Tsoukatos, Konstantinos Koukourakis and Nikolaos Binakis. The big prize, the VIP ticket for the MotoGP race won Andreas Aygeros.

On Monday, 5th of September 2011, memebers of the organization informed chania´s citizens and motorcyclists about the competition and gave away helmet´s flyers at the center of the town, at Agora Square.

After a draw, the new helmet winners for the competition of the month of September are Vaggelis Gatsios, Nikos Koutsouklakis, Spyros Stravopodis, Evi Seretaki. The big winner that will attend the Valencia MotoGP race is Christos Tournas.

At a new press event that took place at Make Roads Safe Hellas´s office, where George Mylonogiannis, president of Make Roads Safe Hellas, Antonis Kouvarakis, Chania´s traggic police chief and Thanassis Choundras, member of the organization and motorcycle safety instructor talked about the importance of using a helmet and how it can save lifes. Also, the winners of the helmets and Valencia´s MotoGP race were introduced and joined the event.

"On Nobember 6th the winners travelled to Valencia and watched the MotoGP"