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Here are two interesting articles about wearing helmets.
http://www.egms.de/en/meetings/dgnc2...134.shtml#Text http://agbu.une.edu.au/~drobinso/velo1/velo.html It shows that helmets are not really the life savers that some people think they are. It's more about using what's inside the helmet; your brain. In this case the car driver did not use his brain. Menno wears a helmet when appropriate. |
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Here are two interesting articles about wearing helmets.
http://www.egms.de/en/meetings/dgnc2...134.shtml#Text http://agbu.une.edu.au/~drobinso/velo1/velo.html It shows that helmets are not really the life savers that some people think they are. It's more about using what's inside the helmet; your brain. In this case the car driver did not use his brain. Menno wears a helmet when appropriate. |
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"Menno" wrote in message . .. Here are two interesting articles about wearing helmets. http://www.egms.de/en/meetings/dgnc2...134.shtml#Text http://agbu.une.edu.au/~drobinso/velo1/velo.html It shows that helmets are not really the life savers that some people think they are. It's more about using what's inside the helmet; your brain. In this case the car driver did not use his brain. Menno wears a helmet when appropriate. Well, you'll change your tune the first time you shatter a helmet and come out of the wreck with at least your head unscathed. I hit my head in a race at 30mph hard enough that I didn't even feel my collarbone break. I guess that suggests that we should wear shoulder pads too, but then we'd be big wusses like football players. For anyone who races or rides in competitive group rides the benefits provided by wearing a helmet are probably much greater than those for casual riders whose main threat is from intense impact with a car. --Art |
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JimLane writes:
Some of us, perhaps you, have heard a gunshot go off somewhere in the neighborhood. It may be startling or no great shakes depending on how often this happens. One immediately outside your door is another matter. Wanna bet which one has the greatest impact on you? which causes the strongest adrenaline jump? Well, that helmet impact is like the shot outside your front door when the helmet is on your head and it is the first time this happens to you. Light shining somewhere in that darkness yet? You mean the shining light that I should never leave home without a styrofoam beer cooler on my head, whether I am riding my bike, walking or driving? Of that I should probably wear it in the shower too, since more head injuries occur there than on the bike? Man, if I was as risk-averse as some folks I'd never get out of bed, let alone go on a bike ride. |
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"Art M" writes:
"Menno" wrote in message . .. Here are two interesting articles about wearing helmets. http://www.egms.de/en/meetings/dgnc2...134.shtml#Text http://agbu.une.edu.au/~drobinso/velo1/velo.html It shows that helmets are not really the life savers that some people think they are. It's more about using what's inside the helmet; your brain. In this case the car driver did not use his brain. Well, you'll change your tune the first time you shatter a helmet and come out of the wreck with at least your head unscathed. Ooh, is that a threat? Are you gonna *make* me change my tune? I hit my head in a race at 30mph hard enough that I didn't even feel my collarbone break. I guess that suggests that we should wear shoulder pads too, but then we'd be big wusses like football players. No, it just means one should learn how to avoid crashing in a race. It was a lesson I took to heart, crashing once on the road and twice in the velodrome in the 10 years I raced and avoiding many others. The safest place is a solo breakaway, but I was never strong enough to pull that off. For anyone who races or rides in competitive group rides the benefits provided by wearing a helmet are probably much greater than those for casual riders whose main threat is from intense impact with a car. The fact of the matter is that precisely the opposite is true. The faster you're going, the more forceful the impact, the less helpful a bicycle helmet is. It's designed to absorb the impact of falling over while stationary and hitting your head, not a 30 mph impact. Of course, most crashes involve a glancing impact with the pavement. I've been in crashes with and without a helmet. The helmet was useful in preventing road rash on my head. That's about it. OTOH a little over a year ago I was knocked off my bike and assaulted by four "youths" and my helmet was helpful for that. |
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"Doug Huffman" wrote:
Let's not stop at a 'cup'! Full BMX (is it?) body armor! Were such legally mandated, I'll bet we'd see a reduction in bicycle injuries just as when hell-mutts are mandated. Aye Doug, coming soon to a nanny state near you. But I was thinking that sooner or later someone might bounce his marbles in return for his presumptuous "advice". Chalo |
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"Menno" wrote in message ...
Here are two interesting articles about wearing helmets. http://www.egms.de/en/meetings/dgnc2...134.shtml#Text http://agbu.une.edu.au/~drobinso/velo1/velo.html It shows that helmets are not really the life savers that some people think they are. It's more about using what's inside the helmet; your brain. In this case the car driver did not use his brain. Menno wears a helmet when appropriate. The article by Dorothy Robinson attempts to measure the efficacy (or not) of mandatory helmet laws. It says nothing about the reduction in risk of head injury given that an accident has occurred. These are separate issues. FWIW, the study showed no significant (or any at all, really) improvement in head injury statistics after the introduction of MHL in Australia. Ritch |
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:39:57 -0500, Tim McNamara
wrote: For anyone who races or rides in competitive group rides the benefits provided by wearing a helmet are probably much greater than those for casual riders whose main threat is from intense impact with a car. The fact of the matter is that precisely the opposite is true. The faster you're going, the more forceful the impact, the less helpful a bicycle helmet is. It's designed to absorb the impact of falling over while stationary and hitting your head, not a 30 mph impact. Of course, most crashes involve a glancing impact with the pavement. I've been in crashes with and without a helmet. The helmet was useful in preventing road rash on my head. That's about it. OTOH a little over a year ago I was knocked off my bike and assaulted by four "youths" and my helmet was helpful for that. Oh boy, do you need to do some research. Look at the medical data on the subject of head trauma in bicycle accidents, both with and without a helmet. The chances of fatality in a "head hitting hard object" drop significantly when wearing a helmet. They do so much more than just protect your head from road rash. For those naysayers who say "after my accidents, I didn't see any damage to the helmet so it's useless," that's how the helmets are supposed to work. They absorb some of the impact - and the damage to the helmet starts on the inside. The damage is rarely visible from the outside. I'm not advocating mandatory helmet laws. If you don't want to wear a helment, then don't. Just don't coming knocking on my door when you need help paying for the respirator after your unhelmeted head hit the pavement and now has massive brain trauma. Society shouldn't have to pay for that. |
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NobodyMan wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:39:57 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: For anyone who races or rides in competitive group rides the benefits provided by wearing a helmet are probably much greater than those for casual riders whose main threat is from intense impact with a car. The fact of the matter is that precisely the opposite is true. The faster you're going, the more forceful the impact, the less helpful a bicycle helmet is. It's designed to absorb the impact of falling over while stationary and hitting your head, not a 30 mph impact. Of course, most crashes involve a glancing impact with the pavement. I've been in crashes with and without a helmet. The helmet was useful in preventing road rash on my head. That's about it. OTOH a little over a year ago I was knocked off my bike and assaulted by four "youths" and my helmet was helpful for that. Oh boy, do you need to do some research. Look at the medical data on the subject of head trauma in bicycle accidents, both with and without a helmet. The chances of fatality in a "head hitting hard object" drop significantly when wearing a helmet. They do so much more than just protect your head from road rash. For those naysayers who say "after my accidents, I didn't see any damage to the helmet so it's useless," that's how the helmets are supposed to work. They absorb some of the impact - and the damage to the helmet starts on the inside. The damage is rarely visible from the outside. I'm not advocating mandatory helmet laws. If you don't want to wear a helment, then don't. Just don't coming knocking on my door when you need help paying for the respirator after your unhelmeted head hit the pavement and now has massive brain trauma. Society shouldn't have to pay for that. If you choose to not wear an approved helmet you should be mandated to be an organ donor. Organ donation needs more visionaries. |
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Ahhh, so! Another wannabe tyrant. Which is worse, one tyrant a thousand
miles away or a thousand neighbor-tyrants that are one mile away? "mrbubl" wrote in message ink.net... || If you choose to not wear an approved helmet you should be mandated to | be an organ donor. Organ donation needs more visionaries. |
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