Would You Be Here Today If You Hadn't Been Wearing A Helmet?

[Smokin Joe]

How many of The Undead do we have on the forum whose continued existence is only due to an expensive polystyrene cap?

 

[tyred]

I don't wear a helmet and .....yup, I have a pulse so I must be alive.

 

[4F]

Wibble

 

[rowan 46]

I wear a lid and it hasn't saved my life, I got a nasty crack on the head from a low branch once and the helmet saved me. But to be truthful I only hit it because I didn't factor in the extra height of the helmet.

 

[4F]

I wear a lid and it hasn't saved my life, I got a nasty crack on the head from a low branch once and the helmet saved me. But to be truthful I only hit it because I didn't factor in the extra height of the helmet.

So in fact the helmet was to blame ?

 

[slowmotion]

I died of boredom because of helmet threads.

 

[rowan 46]

So in fact the helmet was to blame ?

I would say yes, others would argue I should have ducked lower

 

[GrumpyGregry]

That I am participating in a helmet thread speaks volumes about the amount of brain damage I suffered despite wearing a helmet....

 

[dellzeqq]

went over sideways, seven inch crack in pelvis, seven inch crack in helmet.

Given up wearing them, though

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Think it would be better if the question was Do you believe a Helmet saved my life?

I think mine did but I have no way of proving it.

 

[corshamjim]

I took a tumble a few weeks ago and didn't hit my head at all. I can only assume my helmet saved me.

 

[Dayvo]

I took a high-speed tumble (well, at 40 kph) after getting a wobble on my bike (towing a Bob Yak) and landed on my head first, then shoulder.

The helmet was heavily damaged and I walked away with just a broken collar bone.

I have no doubt that I avoided serious injury by wearing it.

 

[psmiffy]

No - since I started wearing a hemet 15years ago I have never been involved in an incident that was severe enough to test the life saving properties of a helmet - however, I have had 5 incidents where the helmet has come into play where if i had not been wearing it I am certain that I would have required hospital treatment - as it was - I was able to get up, dust myself off, check the damage to the rest of me and continue on my way

I am also certain that I am not the only person who has avoided injury in this manner - no hospital = no accident statistic - to quote a friend of mine who works in road safety "who sees trees falling in the forest"

 

[david k]

No - since I started wearing a hemet 15years ago I have never been involved in an incident that was severe enough to test the life saving properties of a helmet - however, I have had 5 incidents where the helmet has come into play where if i had not been wearing it I am certain that I would have required hospital treatment - as it was - I was able to get up, dust myself off, check the damage to the rest of me and continue on my way

I am also certain that I am not the only person who has avoided injury in this manner - no hospital = no accident statistic - to quote a friend of mine who works in road safety "who sees trees falling in the forest"

so statistics are only provided by those whos injury is severe enough to warrent a visit to the hospital

 

[psmiffy]

so statistics are only provided by those whos injury is severe enough to warrent a visit to the hospital

off course - I did not tell anybody - and I doubt most people in the same circumstances rush round to their local helmet stat wizard to register

all the reputable studies are based on hospital/ police (although the older police figures tend to be be a bit ropey) stats the others are just guesswork/conjecture