I'll be sure to pass that nugget of wisdom along to all the professional motorcycle racers that wear, and swear by quality helmets. You don't like to wear a helmet? Fine, but please keep your misinformation to yourself. I've personally seen guys walk away from accidents after sutaining damage to their helmet that would have been real messy if it'd been their head instead.
I'll be sure to pass that nugget of wisdom along to all the professional motorcycle racers that wear, and swear by quality helmets. You don't like to wear a helmet? Fine, but please keep your misinformation to yourself. I've personally seen guys walk away from accidents after sutaining damage to their helmet that would have been real messy if it'd been their head instead.
I have to agree. A helmet (or any safety equipment) can only protect against low level impacts. The problem is that we're not made of a single, rigid material, and if the decelleration is great enough, our "soft parts" become mush.
However, a helmet is very useful. In a friends case, he was vaulted over a car, flying almost 20 feet before hitting the ground. He landed flat on his back, but his head took a glancing blow on the car's fender and the curb when he hit the ground. Although he broke some ribs and an arm, there's no doubt that he would have died from the head impacts, if not for his helmet.
In my case, I fell off (low side) at nearly 100mph on a track, and although there was no major impact, the abrasions on my helmet, front, sides, and rear, would have meant a lengthly hostpital stay, and quite probably death.
Mark
And that relates to street accidents in WHAT way? You may not have noticed this,but there ain't too many curbs,steel mailboxes,trucks pulling out of sides streets,etc,etc,etc on a race track.
You don't like to wear a helmet? Fine, but please keep your misinformation to yourself.
If you want to wear one,fine. Just don't try to sell that HorseHllary here to people who know better. Or are you going to try to tell me helmets protect your head from anything BUT a glancing blow at speeds over about 10-15 MPH?
I've personally seen guys walk away from accidents after sutaining damage to their helmet that would have been real messy if it'd been their head instead.
I have too,on the race track. Never PERSONALLY seen them do anything but kill or hurt people on the street.