View Poll Results: what style helmet do you wear
no helmet
169
8.81%
1/2 helmet
972
50.68%
3/4 helmet
302
15.75%
full face helmet
475
24.77%
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what style helmet do you wear?
#512
07-23-2017, 05:13 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
And I and others have explained why this particular battle is important - because if they can use the "logic" of a societal interest based solely on the fact that there is a tenuous financial consequence to control behavior "for your own good" they can literally use that argument to control anything.
Do your 'facts' break down injuries by head injuries vs. blunt force trauma in highway speed accidents. Do they consider 'dead' is 'dead' or is an autopsy performed to determine cause of death in every case? And do they include the number of riders that crash while wearing a helmet and are able to get up and ride, or at least walk, away vs. the number of riders that instead experience a life changing/ending event?
Do they follow the lives of head injury recipients for years/decades to understand how their lives are/were affected? Probably not because those figures are impossible to compile. Another benefit/consideration in helmet use is that before reaching 'highway speeds' most riders spend most of their time riding at a slower speed, wouldn't you agree?
So even if helmets are useless at high speeds, since the vast majority of most rider's time is spent at less then 'highway speed', are effects at 'highway speed' a real consideration?
Last edited by rjg883c; 07-24-2017 at 07:55 PM.
#515
02-27-2018, 10:30 AM
Intermediate
#517
02-27-2018, 01:07 PM
Oh, my helmet is carbon fiber gray... both the half and full.
#518
02-27-2018, 01:11 PM
And I and others have explained why this particular battle is important - because if they can use the "logic" of a societal interest based solely on the fact that there is a tenuous financial consequence to control behavior "for your own good" they can literally use that argument to control anything. .............
