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Bill Sornson
Guest
Aeek wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:39:12 +0100, Peter Clinch
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> They /might/ help, but they really *can* hurt too. If not, how come
>> the serious injury rate is unchanged by increasing use of helmets?
>
> I'm glad I wasn't wearing a helmet when I went over the bars with a
> half twist. Landed very flat on the road, a few stitches from sliding
> on the back of my head.
> When I think of landing on the protruding tail of the helmet I now
> have to wear (aussie MHL) it scares me. I would have been landing on
> my head/helmet before the rest of me landed rather than all at once.
> Surely that would have been bad for my neck?
Can't have it both ways. If they grant you that (and they will), then they
have to likewise approve comments like "my helmet took the brunt of the hit
and saved me a bad gash if not a concussion" (and they won't).
HTH
> On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:39:12 +0100, Peter Clinch
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> They /might/ help, but they really *can* hurt too. If not, how come
>> the serious injury rate is unchanged by increasing use of helmets?
>
> I'm glad I wasn't wearing a helmet when I went over the bars with a
> half twist. Landed very flat on the road, a few stitches from sliding
> on the back of my head.
> When I think of landing on the protruding tail of the helmet I now
> have to wear (aussie MHL) it scares me. I would have been landing on
> my head/helmet before the rest of me landed rather than all at once.
> Surely that would have been bad for my neck?
Can't have it both ways. If they grant you that (and they will), then they
have to likewise approve comments like "my helmet took the brunt of the hit
and saved me a bad gash if not a concussion" (and they won't).
HTH