Originally Posted by
El Duderino X
Because a head/brain injury could be life threatening. A compound femur fracture, in comparison, not so much (provided the femoral artery hasn't been severed).
Er, I think his point was that the question was irrelevant given that he hadn't hit his head. But please, let's not have this argument here, there's an enormous helmet thread in advocacy and safety that has been specially provided for those of us who like to do that...