Anyone Who Watched the Giro Yesterday Still Think Helmets Don't Do Their Job!?!

[Licramite]

Top 10 Reasons To Wear a Helmet

1. Safety helmets are 80 percent effective in preventing injury and death.
2. Brain injuries can be a life-changing experience.
3. There is no statistical correlation between skill level and injury likelihood.
4. Even a fall from a standing horse can be catastrophic. Your injury risk depends on the height from which you fall, as well as the speed at which you're traveling.
5. The bulk of equestrian injuries occur in pleasure riding.

1. The walk is the most common gait at which riders suffer injuries.
2. Only 23 percent of mounted accidents occur when jumping.
3. Head injuries are cumulative. An original head injury can be made much worse by additional concussions.
4. Head injuries are expensive. Medical expenses for a minor concussion can amount to thousands of dollars. The most catastrophic head injuries average a cost of $4 million.
5. Riding is more dangerous than downhill skiing and motorcycling.

This is from a horse riding site (Ok its a helmet manufacturer I think)
Its intersting there doesn't seam to be the same debate amoungst horse riders, - as far as Ican see -
maybe their helmets are better than ours?

 

[Mugshot]

This is from a horse riding site

 

[snorri]

This is from a horse riding site (Ok its a helmet manufacturer I think)
Its intersting there doesn't seam to be the same debate amoungst horse riders, - as far as Ican see -
maybe their helmets are better than ours?

I think you're flogging a dead horse here.


IGMC

 

[w00hoo_kent]

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This is from a horse riding site (Ok its a helmet manufacturer I think)
Its intersting there doesn't seam to be the same debate amoungst horse riders, - as far as Ican see -
maybe their helmets are better than ours?

Probably, they definitely seem to be less bothered about weight and ventilation and the riders are generally a lot further up.

I wonder if the manufacturer also sells neck braces and what their take on those would be...

 

[mjr]

Top 10 Reasons To Wear a Helmet
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/english/find-a-safety-helmet-that-fits/ [...]
This is from a horse riding site (Ok its a helmet manufacturer I think)
Its intersting there doesn't seam to be the same debate amoungst horse riders, - as far as Ican see -
maybe their helmets are better than ours?

It's even more interesting that they offer no sources to support any of their claims, isn't it? Pure handwaving and some of their claims look "true but misleading" (for example, I expect what you're riding on - and will fall onto - is an injury risk factor too). Horse-riding helmets look very different and seem a lot harder than cycle helmets, too. I expect they would laugh at the idea of a polystyrene lattice with a taped-on shell.

 

[Tin Pot]

You don't.

 

[Tin Pot]

Top 10 Reasons To Wear a Helmet

1. Safety helmets are 80 percent effective in preventing injury and death.
2. Brain injuries can be a life-changing experience.
3. There is no statistical correlation between skill level and injury likelihood.
4. Even a fall from a standing horse can be catastrophic. Your injury risk depends on the height from which you fall, as well as the speed at which you're traveling.
5. The bulk of equestrian injuries occur in pleasure riding.

1. The walk is the most common gait at which riders suffer injuries.
2. Only 23 percent of mounted accidents occur when jumping.
3. Head injuries are cumulative. An original head injury can be made much worse by additional concussions.
4. Head injuries are expensive. Medical expenses for a minor concussion can amount to thousands of dollars. The most catastrophic head injuries average a cost of $4 million.
5. Riding is more dangerous than downhill skiing and motorcycling.

This is from a horse riding site (Ok its a helmet manufacturer I think)
Its intersting there doesn't seam to be the same debate amoungst horse riders, - as far as Ican see -
maybe their helmets are better than ours?

"Safety helmets are 80 percent effective in preventing injury and death."

Do they quote a source for that remarkable stat?

The rest has nothing to do with the effectiveness of helmets.

 

[winjim]

Top 10 Reasons To Wear a Helmet

1. Safety helmets are 80 percent effective in preventing injury and death.
2. Brain injuries can be a life-changing experience.
3. There is no statistical correlation between skill level and injury likelihood.
4. Even a fall from a standing horse can be catastrophic. Your injury risk depends on the height from which you fall, as well as the speed at which you're traveling.
5. The bulk of equestrian injuries occur in pleasure riding.

1. The walk is the most common gait at which riders suffer injuries.
2. Only 23 percent of mounted accidents occur when jumping.
3. Head injuries are cumulative. An original head injury can be made much worse by additional concussions.
4. Head injuries are expensive. Medical expenses for a minor concussion can amount to thousands of dollars. The most catastrophic head injuries average a cost of $4 million.
5. Riding is more dangerous than downhill skiing and motorcycling.

This is from a horse riding site (Ok its a helmet manufacturer I think)
Its intersting there doesn't seam to be the same debate amoungst horse riders, - as far as Ican see -
maybe their helmets are better than ours?

How do you feel about the taking of ecstasy?

 

[mjr]

How do you feel about the taking of ecstasy?

You probably can't hide the lead now. CC already emailed out the original comparison comment.

 

[winjim]

You probably can't hide the lead now. CC already emailed out the original comparison comment.

Bah!

 

[Tin Pot]

Here are a few reasons;

1. Just got a new hair do
2. Forgot to put one on
3. Using a Boris Bike
4. Doesn't match my new jersey
5. It's only a short ride
6. Would rather die than survive a bike crash with horrible injuries
7. Because someone told me I had to
8. And they look like shoot
9. There is an off chance of cycling past a CCer and really upsetting them
10. Because wasps keep getting stuck in them

 

[NormanD]

Would I load hyped up race horses into starting stalls without a helmet on, too bloody right I wouldn't, am I talking from experience here, too right I am

 

[Tin Pot]

Would I load hyped up race horses into starting stalls without a helmet on, too bloody right I wouldn't, am I talking from experience here, too right I am

Now cycle in it!

 

[NormanD]

Now cycle in it!

I have

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Why drivers should wear head protection...




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