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Helmet Straps: Some kind of release mechanism?
Has anybody besides me wondered what would happen if their helmet got snagged on
some brush or something? I usually wear a helmet - since my own little attitude-adjusting experience some years ago - but I've always wondered why the head/neck straps on a helmet don't release under pressure. Three anecdotes: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Before face-guard grabbing was ruled illegal, I recall reading about a number of spinal cord injuries to high-school football players. 2) When windsurfing a couple years back, I went down at somewhere around 20-25 mph. Bounced.. and them my helmet caught in the water. I could feel it grab. Messed up my neck for several weeks. If the helmet were just torn loose I don't think my neck would have been torqued like it was. 3) I recently had the misfortune to review an accident report and accompanying photographs of someone who managed to do themselves in on a motorcycle - losing it on a curve at over 110 mph. He was decapitated, but it was pretty clear from the photos that the head was torn off and not severed. All the vertebrae were still with the body and the face was untouched - in fact, eyeglasses were still in place. But his brain matter was on the road about halfway between the body and the head - apparently torn from the cranium as the head came off but the spinal cord was still connected. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest this person would have survived if the helmet had been allowed to be pulled off the head, but it seems to support the notion that there is an issue with helmets being attached so securely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Putting some kind of pressure release inline with the strap seems like a fairly simple/cheap thing to do. Or am I missing something? -- PeteCresswell |
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Helmet Straps: Some kind of release mechanism?
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Has anybody besides me wondered what would happen if their helmet got snagged on some brush or something? I usually wear a helmet - since my own little attitude-adjusting experience some years ago - but I've always wondered why the head/neck straps on a helmet don't release under pressure. Three anecdotes: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Before face-guard grabbing was ruled illegal, I recall reading about a number of spinal cord injuries to high-school football players. 2) When windsurfing a couple years back, I went down at somewhere around 20-25 mph. Bounced.. and them my helmet caught in the water. I could feel it grab. Messed up my neck for several weeks. If the helmet were just torn loose I don't think my neck would have been torqued like it was. 3) I recently had the misfortune to review an accident report and accompanying photographs of someone who managed to do themselves in on a motorcycle - losing it on a curve at over 110 mph. He was decapitated, but it was pretty clear from the photos that the head was torn off and not severed. All the vertebrae were still with the body and the face was untouched - in fact, eyeglasses were still in place. But his brain matter was on the road about halfway between the body and the head - apparently torn from the cranium as the head came off but the spinal cord was still connected. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest this person would have survived if the helmet had been allowed to be pulled off the head, but it seems to support the notion that there is an issue with helmets being attached so securely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Putting some kind of pressure release inline with the strap seems like a fairly simple/cheap thing to do. Or am I missing something? My first impression is to say, "What happens to the person after the helmet comes off? Does the world get really fluffy and smushy?" In all seriousness, people are going to claim the the lives saved outweigh the lives taken. They'll say seatbelts save more people from going through windshields than people who are trapped in their vehicles because their seatbelt cannot be unlatched. I? I'm pretty neutral about it all. But I wear my helmet and buckle my seatbelt. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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Helmet Straps: Some kind of release mechanism?
Why don't you just pull off your lid before you crash. Stupid.
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Helmet Straps: Some kind of release mechanism?
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message ... Has anybody besides me wondered what would happen if their helmet got snagged on some brush or something? I usually wear a helmet - since my own little attitude-adjusting experience some years ago - but I've always wondered why the head/neck straps on a helmet don't release under pressure. Three anecdotes: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Before face-guard grabbing was ruled illegal, I recall reading about a number of spinal cord injuries to high-school football players. 2) When windsurfing a couple years back, I went down at somewhere around 20-25 mph. Bounced.. and them my helmet caught in the water. I could feel it grab. Messed up my neck for several weeks. If the helmet were just torn loose I don't think my neck would have been torqued like it was. 3) I recently had the misfortune to review an accident report and accompanying photographs of someone who managed to do themselves in on a motorcycle - losing it on a curve at over 110 mph. He was decapitated, but it was pretty clear from the photos that the head was torn off and not severed. All the vertebrae were still with the body and the face was untouched - in fact, eyeglasses were still in place. But his brain matter was on the road about halfway between the body and the head - apparently torn from the cranium as the head came off but the spinal cord was still connected. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest this person would have survived if the helmet had been allowed to be pulled off the head, but it seems to support the notion that there is an issue with helmets being attached so securely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Putting some kind of pressure release inline with the strap seems like a fairly simple/cheap thing to do. Or am I missing something? Just took a look at my helmet - fastens with the plastic clips, like the ones on back packs etc. - while these ones seem to lock together much more firmly than many back pack ones, I can't see them having more structural integrity than my neck - surely if the forces were so great, it would just break and release the helmet?!? Shaun aRe |
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Helmet Straps: Some kind of release mechanism?
the spinal cord was still connected. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest this person would have survived if the helmet had been allowed to be pulled off the head, but it seems to support the notion that there is an issue with helmets being attached so securely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Putting some kind of pressure release inline with the strap seems like a fairly simple/cheap thing to do. Or am I missing something? -- PeteCresswell If it's a concern of yours, remove buckle, install velcro ( release mechanism), and ride. I want the helmet to stay on when my head hits a rock/branch.. or ....... Drew |
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