Originally Posted by
jamesdak
I didn't use my hands on my one bad wreck. I was wearing a helmet and I was knocked out. $ years later I'm still suffering the effects of the head inury and will be for the rest of my life. I'll take some broken bones over a head injury if it ever happens again.
Exactly. One accident I saw where the guy hit his head badly was not knocked out but he was badly shaken. He made it clear he didn't want to use his hands to prevent injury to them which I still can't understand despite all these informative posts.