Originally Posted by
GlassWolf
Now if he'd fallen HARD, his head would have snapped back from the sudden deceleration anyway, and he'd stand a stronger chance of both head and spinal injury from that impact without his helmet on, as the helmet once again would absorb the impact of his head hitting the street.
He had a bit of neck strain just because he held his head forward very tightly to keep it from hitting the ground on impact. He normally wears a helmet but didn't have one on at this time. He was curious afterwards because he wondered if he had been better off without it. At any rate, the tail on my helmet is 3 inches away from my head and it seems pretty normal (Bell Alchera). 3 inches is a fair amount of distance in situations like this IMO.
I appreciate your being civil also, and your comments are reasonable.