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After I started riding a motorcycle, hearing this explanation started to get a serious eyebrow raise out of me. Not the explanation itself, but the thought proc
by sli 9y ago
After I started riding a motorcycle, hearing this explanation started to get a serious eyebrow raise out of me. Not the explanation itself, but the thought process behind those who accept it.
The last thing I want to do is just let my helmet do its job. I'd rather do almost anything else to prevent that if I can, because there's a point when I realized that it simply keeps me alive. It doesn't save me from everything. A broken bone heals, road rash heals, CTE does not heal. If my options are to go head first into a car or lay down and take a slide, I'll take the slide every time.
I treat my helmet as just another line of defense, one of many that includes e.g. body gear, situational awareness, keeping up on riding ability, and things like that.
In case it's not clear to anyone reading, yes, I wear a helmet and gear when I ride. I'm not arguing against wearing helmets, only the incorrect assumptions made about them.
- steaknsteak 9y agoFootball players purposely spear other players with their helmets with full force. They had to make rules against doing this, and it still happens, although with less frequency. They are not using their helmets as a last line of defense like your motorcycle helmet. They use them as weapons.
- Accipitriform 9y agoIt's not happening much at all in NFL football, since it's a major penalty if caught, and it's hard to hide. I do hope helmet technology improves to handle inadvertent contact.
- melq 9y agoDisagree, it happens all the time. Its a 'major penalty' in that you get fined many thousands of dollars, but I'm pretty sure the team pays it anyway, and that is a drop in the bucket. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2757235-rob-gronkowski-says-he-doesnt-blame-barry-church-for-hit-that-caused-concussion http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2757235-rob-gronkowski-sa... And furthermore, in that article Gronkowski is quoted as even preferring to take dangerous hits in the head like that, instead of risking re-injuring a bad knee. Not a great policy.
- switchbak 9y agoThis is exactly true. Technically there are rules against it, but this happens on essentially every play.
- mr_spothawk 9y agoside note: can you imagine anybody ever purchasing a self-driving motorcycle? i. would. never.