What Are Your Helmet Preferences?

[PeterAllen]

Originally Posted by guye

.. It means you can add and remove sunglasses with a flick of a knob on the side of your head!...

I was part of a team, again back in the 70s, who researched the death of 120 motorcyclists in a one year period. We correlated damage to the helmet with injuries sustained. A great number of riders sustained fatal neck injuries when protrusions on their helmet jagged against something whilst they were rolling along the ground. We recommended helmets be 'bowling ball' shaped. Within a few months the Police were issued with those BMW flip-up jaw piece helmets with multiple protrusions because... wait for it... they 'looked cool - just like the guys on CHIPS' - ignoring all our recommendations

Originally Posted by jcraigau

I always wonder about the 2 cylinder bilge pump brigade, tatted to the hilt, wearing their "colours" with no helmet screaming through traffic.

I guess if you don't have anything to protect, you don't need a helmet!

Originally Posted by Bartruff1

My preference is none...

Another piece of research discovered that 'Bikies' shouldn't be required to wear helmets as their anti-social behaviour and custodial terms were harmful to the public and a drain on resources. Basically, a 'Bikie' fatality was a plus for the community. No politician ever ran with such legislation and the research was never published.

[guye]

Originally Posted by PeterAllen

I was part of a team, again back in the 70s, who researched the death of 120 motorcyclists in a one year period. We correlated damage to the helmet with injuries sustained. A great number of riders sustained fatal neck injuries when protrusions on their helmet jagged against something whilst they were rolling along the ground. We recommended helmets be 'bowling ball' shaped. Within a few months the Police were issued with those BMW flip-up jaw piece helmets with multiple protrusions because... wait for it... they 'looked cool - just like the guys on CHIPS' - ignoring all our recommendations
...

Priceless isn't it?

To be clear though, Peter, this design i think is good. The 'sunglasses' are a good feature - better than having to 'add' sunglasses into the mix or stopping and swapping visors. And I 'oversold' the "flick of a knob" - it is actually a tiny slide tab that I doubt would affect the helmet performance.

[Dominik]

Full face, clear visor. My mate killed himself when steam entered the car. While the firewall should have prevented that steam from coming into his eyes, it didn't and neither did his visor-less helmet. We cannot know if the steam influenced his vision at the (drag race) finish line, but we guess it did.

Wasn't it Carroll Smith who wrote: "Racers using an open face helmet should get their brains tested."?

If you spin into the dirt, and your window is open, a lot of debris can enter your car.