Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
Worth noting, helmets are designed to go to pieces on impact. Skulls aren't, usually. It doesn't take much to destroy a helmet, it takes a lot more to destroy a skull. What this means is a destroyed helmet does not mean 'without my helmet, my skull would be in pieces.'
That being said, They can't hurt, and I do wear one, just in case.
ok off topic sort of but i have to.....
What it means is that if I hit so hard as to shatter the helmet..which as designed to dissipate the force of impact then if I hit as hard without a helmet I would have had all of that impact directly on my head. Maybe skull not in pieces, but certainly at much higher risk of serious injury.
I simply don't get where the idea that helmets really don't help much comes from.....sure they don't help in all cases, but in common cases they do.
My direct is experience sample set is small, but after doing first aid on people who bit it with and without helmets...helmets can save you.