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Yet another reminder why we wear helmets (as if we needed one)
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[QUOTE="BSWIFT, post: 1070781, member: 16802"] Capt, sorry I'm a bit medicated for sleep. Again I must repeat that my original statements were based on the injuries reported. It cannot be determined without repeating the accident with the man wearing a helmet to conclude whether or not my speculation would be true or false. The ABATE website is biased towards preventing states from passing manditory helmet laws. I will continue to try to find the information that I read 8-9 months ago. All testing a statistical information gathering can be suspect based on the agenda of those collected and diseminating the results. The truth usually lies somewhere in the middle with no hard and fast rules applying. Helmet use is wise and I again repeat that I wear and support the wearing of helmets but in a "collision" there is a trade off in types of injuries. Accidents involving sliding and not collision with a pole, car, curb, mailbox and such will result in road rash inwhich a helmet is invaluable. However, a collision is blunt force trauma and if a helmet makes contact in the right way, serious injury is avoided. Since this story all came about because of a football player, why is it you can not grab a face mask to make a legal tackle? The answer is simple, it would cause serious neck injuries. Like you said, "figures never lie, but liars always figure", works both sides of the issue. This rider/jock should have been riding appropriately and legally the helmet is a none issue at this point. My original statement said, based on the injuries reported "I" suspect that had he been wearing a helmet he would have "probably" broken his neck. No one will ever know. The guy is obviously a better football player than a bike rider. [/QUOTE]
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Yet another reminder why we wear helmets (as if we needed one)
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