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Old 22-07-2011
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Originally Posted by ant west 71 View Post
stuff helmets and safety id say, you pull out of a t junction and get plouged by a lorry or bus wot good is that helmet gonna be. i get out on my 450cc quad a lot and dont bother with helmet. reguardless of wot you wear if its your time then so be it. otherwise you might as well stay in bed for the rest of your days or wear a lid 24/7, as a trip over a kerb could could end your life.
I think you've missed the point, crash helmets don't stop injury, they are designed to lessen it though. Especially with your brain being in your head. The purpose of the crash helmet is to soften the impact and slow the brain down if your head unfortunately comes into contact with something hard.

Imagine there is a train carriage with lots of people stood up, if the train carriage hits a wall all those stood up people slam into the end of the train carriage with force. If on the other hand you had the same people and the same train carriage with a large spring on the front if it, when it hit the wall it would slow it down and the people wouldn't have such a harsh jolt.

So if you wear a crash helmet it will reduce brain trauma, if you don't, well that's your choice
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