Do You Wear Protection?

[ant west 71]

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.

[Cardnim]

Originally Posted by ant west 71

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.

What a silly viewpoint.
Taking sensible precautions is completely different than living in cotton wool and "staying in bed for the rest of your life".

Do what you can to minimise the risk from the "big" accidents and forget about the rest that you cant control.

For me, that means Im wearing a helmet & gloves when cycling.

I "could" also get hit by your bus, taken out by a meteorite, get gunned down in a drive by, and accidentally ride into a nuclear contamination zone.
Do I go about wearing a radar device, bulletproof vest and full NBC suit? No.

Wise up.
Take sensible precautions.
Enjoy life.

[eyeayen]

Originally Posted by ant west 71

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