Originally Posted by
rydabent
ncon
In my case I was knocked over side ways at a low speed. I hid the side of my helmet on the pavement. There were scratches and gravel dents on the side of my helmet. If I had not been wearing a helmet my ear and the side of my face would have the gravel in wounds. Also I was not knocked senseless.
Gravel in wounds is conjecture; as is your implication that the helmet saved you from being 'knocked senseless.'
Likewise, no one else can claim with any more certainty that the helmet did not work exactly as you say.
That's the rub: as much as the helmet haterz are correct in saying you can't really claim a helmet protected you from damage you did not or wouldn't have received, they many times go a bit too far, and engage in the same type of argument they find fault with in others.
Helmet thread is like a debate about the color green, with one side arguing it is more purple, the other that it is more orange.