Safer without a helmet - Article
#101
10-05-2012, 05:51 PM
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My BioMed profs probably already thought they educated me when we covered it dozens of times. I missed alot when I was getting straight 'A's in college, but I didn't miss that. I knew about brain injuries by the time I got to them, since I was racing several times a year then and the HANS device was first catching on.
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. Just trying to show you that you can't generalize. Repectfully, of course.
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#103
10-05-2012, 08:52 PM
Well well well, The problem here is that I'll bet most of you have not had a accident where you went down at a significant speed. And if you did and were not wearing a lid, did not get hurt, well you had better start playing the lottery big time. If you have a competition between the pavement and your skull, they pavement will win every time. I know from personal exp. It isn't pleasent at all. I have no problem with people that choose to ride lidless, personal choice. Do not tell me that helmets don't save lives....no study will show that. And to the remarks that the neck muscles arn not strong enough to support helmets, what, you have a 50# helmet??? I have a carbon fib. 1/2 and it weighs nothing....You can live without some organs but last I checked, the brain isn't one of them....
#104
10-05-2012, 11:47 PM
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#105
10-06-2012, 01:30 AM
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Would you play tackle football without a helmet?
Ever race? You don't get on the track without one either.
Ever race? You don't get on the track without one either.
#106
10-06-2012, 02:31 AM
Helmets also protect from wind noise, harsh sunlight, bugs, and flying debris.
#108
10-06-2012, 05:52 AM
I'm all for freedom of choice, but I sure am glad I slipped on my half shell last weekend. Took a walnut the size of a baseball (at least that's what it felt like) off the old noggin. Rang my bell pretty good, and I hate to think of what it would have felt like had I been sans helmet.
#109
10-06-2012, 06:11 AM
Wearing a helmet is a personal choice. I dont care who wears a helmet and who doesnt but using crappy data to support an argument drives me crazy. There is no way the lack of a helmet law decreased rider deaths. That is the same math that Congress uses. Using arguments like this to support getting rid of helmet makes it harder when the data shows an increase in deaths. It is a personal choice issue not a safety issue.
#110
10-06-2012, 07:51 AM
Road Warrior
I am for personal choice as long as you have enough health insurance so taxpayers don't have to pay for the ripple effect of your choice. I will say I have recently had one friend commit suicide and my wife's friends just died from head trauma (not vehicle related, a bar fight). I will tell tell you that witnessing the ripple effects of the death is pretty hard to deal with. Especially on the kids. My point is, please realize that your choice effects more than just you.