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Yes, an early quote from the article: The $40 helmet is one of the great success stories of the past half-century. Like seat belts, air bags, and smoke

Yes, an early quote from the article: The $40 helmet is one of the great success stories of the past half-century. Like seat belts, air bags, and smoke detectors, bike helmets save countless lives every year. They do a stellar job of preventing catastrophic skull fractures, plus dings and scrapes from low-hanging tree branches and other common nuisances. Helmets are good. The author is wondering why they aren't better at preventing concussions.

oever 12y ago
New paper helmets help prevent concussions because they have a crumple zone that make the deceleration more gradual. "If you crash at 15 miles per hour in a normal helmet, your head will be subjected to around 220G [G-force], whereas the new design absorbs more of the impact and means you experience around 70G instead," says Surabhi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25681895 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25681895

Yes, an early quote from the article: The $40 helmet is one of the great success stories of the past half-­century. Like seat belts, air bags, and smoke

Yes, an early quote from the article: The $40 helmet is one of the great success stories of the past half-­century. Like seat belts, air bags, and smoke

Yes, an early quote from the article: The $40 helmet is one of the great success stories of the past half-century. Like seat belts, air bags, and smoke

Yes, an early quote from the article: The $40 helmet is one of the great success stories of the past half-century. Like seat belts, air bags, and smoke