Originally Posted by
chasm54
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I agree with your other points. But really, to suggest that the speed at which my head impacts the ground is immaterial to my rosk of injury (which is waht was suggested in the post to which I replied) is absurd.
Methinks thou dost protest too much.
I never said speed didn't matter, I said it depends on how you fall. Everything else you inferred from my post was in your head.
In any case those who design helmets and set standards factor the vertical drop much more heavily than forward speed, and the current standards barely factor forward speed at all.