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Originally Posted by cyclintom
Though I wish that he'd have stayed away from the idiotic idea of pushing helmets on people some more.
Originally Posted by David Moulton
I was out riding on Tuesday, when an SUV coming in the opposite direction turned left on front of me. I had the wind behind me and was going at a pretty good lick; there was no time to react and I slammed straight into the side the vehicle...
The driver of the SUV was cited to appear in court for failure to yield.
It was a direct blow to the head. Can't ever say if it saved his life, but it certainly dissipated the force of the impact at least a little in this case, as evidenced by the trashed helmet. There's no question. It certainly didn't hurt him.

I wish Dave a speedy recovery, and volunteer cyclintom for the study where his unhelmeted head is exposed to the same force, just to see what happens.
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