Originally Posted by
Koyote
It doesn’t make me wonder. Plenty of people survived accidents in old cars, too… But I still prefer to have features like safety belts, airbags, active accident avoidance systems, etc.
No doubt MIPS is likely safer. I will though say I have wondered if there's any level of negation of the improved safety if one wears a skull cap, beanie, balaclava, etc underneath. Was a couple years ago, but the product safety guy at Bell said that they have to officially advise against this as this has never been researched (nonetheless he said that he himself and other colleagues do it anyway). A similar enquiry to MIPS themselves never received a response. Typically I wear one of those UPF caps for some sun protection.