Sometimes helmets work
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Sometimes helmets work
Story goes something like this:
There were cardboard boxes scattered over the freeway
from some guy not securing them properly.
As the rider was riding past, a box was picked up by the
wind, hit him in the face.
He fell backwards off the bike, and slid into an HOV lane
where a bus was coming.
The bus didn't quite HIT him. He slid under the bus
(between the two front wheels, thank God) and some part
of his clothes got hooked onto the bus.
The scrape on his helmet is that deep and even because he
was dragged by the bus until it came to a stop.
If he had just come to a stop on his own, the helmet
wouldn't be like this, but since it took as long for him to
stop as the bus took, this is what happened.
These pictures where shot at the hospital after the straps were cut.
Anyway, maybe the whole thing is total bs but there it is.
There were cardboard boxes scattered over the freeway
from some guy not securing them properly.
As the rider was riding past, a box was picked up by the
wind, hit him in the face.
He fell backwards off the bike, and slid into an HOV lane
where a bus was coming.
The bus didn't quite HIT him. He slid under the bus
(between the two front wheels, thank God) and some part
of his clothes got hooked onto the bus.
The scrape on his helmet is that deep and even because he
was dragged by the bus until it came to a stop.
If he had just come to a stop on his own, the helmet
wouldn't be like this, but since it took as long for him to
stop as the bus took, this is what happened.
These pictures where shot at the hospital after the straps were cut.
Anyway, maybe the whole thing is total bs but there it is.
Last edited by AlwaysHD; Mar 6, 2015 at 10:42 PM.
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Actually, FF helmets work almost everytime they're tried...
Seen half helmets slide up in the back upon impact, with the strap strangling the occupant. That's always pleasant to witness.
Seen half helmets slide up in the back upon impact, with the strap strangling the occupant. That's always pleasant to witness.
Nothing is guaranteed to work 100% of the time, but for me I would never ride with anything less than a FF helmet. My dad was in a wreck when I was 12 and the only thing that saved him when his head hit and bounced several times on the highway was that he was wearing a FF helmet.
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3/4 helmet saved my life a couple months ago.
I got cut off traveling at speed. Bike went into sideways skid. The mini floor board dug into the road and the bike and I were whipped on the hwy. After the initial first bounces.. I slid down the hwy on my head and shoulder...legs up in the air. Although i had owned the helmet for a few years, It was only the second or third time i had ever worn the helmet. I usually wear a novelty helmet. I am lucky to be alive. I may add, i was using a bubble shield which probably saved parts of my face, as there were large scrapes and gouges on it.
3/4 Bell custom 500 for daily and Bell RS1 for long rides... I dont know if It was luck or divine intervention that got me to go back in the house and switch helemts.. What ever it was, learned my lesson.
I got cut off traveling at speed. Bike went into sideways skid. The mini floor board dug into the road and the bike and I were whipped on the hwy. After the initial first bounces.. I slid down the hwy on my head and shoulder...legs up in the air. Although i had owned the helmet for a few years, It was only the second or third time i had ever worn the helmet. I usually wear a novelty helmet. I am lucky to be alive. I may add, i was using a bubble shield which probably saved parts of my face, as there were large scrapes and gouges on it.
3/4 Bell custom 500 for daily and Bell RS1 for long rides... I dont know if It was luck or divine intervention that got me to go back in the house and switch helemts.. What ever it was, learned my lesson.
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From: SW Ohio
About the only time a full face helmet fails is when someone fails to put it on.
But I don't care whether someone wears one or not. The paper is full of dead people I don't know everyday.
But I don't care whether someone wears one or not. The paper is full of dead people I don't know everyday.
Last edited by Campy Roadie; Mar 7, 2015 at 03:47 AM.
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A full face helmet saved my life nearly 30 years ago. It looked pretty much like the one in the pic above after the accident.
Full face all the time for me!
Full face all the time for me!
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