Wear cycle helmets! then this won't happen.

Things have changed this morning; his mum phoned my son, a more senior surgeon has assessed him now, he has two skull fractures and two haemorrhages. He is due to have another scan to further investigate before surgery, the surgeon has expressed doubts as to weather he will pull though after surgery.

Lousy awful news :(
 
Hitman_Leon said:
Things have changed this morning; his mum phoned my son, a more senior surgeon has assessed him now, he has two skull fractures and two haemorrhages. He is due to have another scan to further investigate before surgery, the surgeon has expressed doubts as to weather he will pull though after surgery.

Lousy awful news :(
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Oh god :( Fingers crossed he pulls through.
 
Hitman_Leon said:
Things have changed this morning; his mum phoned my son, a more senior surgeon has assessed him now, he has two skull fractures and two haemorrhages. He is due to have another scan to further investigate before surgery, the surgeon has expressed doubts as to weather he will pull though after surgery.

Lousy awful news :(
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Hoping he pulls through, awful news :(
 
People often refer to wearing a helmet being next to useless in the collision between a vehicle and a car. However, I would always wear a helmet because I'd much rather have a bit of plastic and polystyrene scraping along the floor than my head if I fell off my bike (irrespective of whether a vehicle was involved in any incident).
 
[TW]Sponge;25731155 said:
You think the French drivers have better attitudes towards others?

Bloody hell last time I went they were all chaotic idiots.
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I'd agree with him tbh...

In fact I'd go as far as saying Filipino drivers have better attitudes towards non car drivers than most British drivers.
 
Such a precious payload really does require sufficient protection, especially when travelling at faster than average speeds. This has always been an issue with winter sports too, so so so many people don't wear protective headgear on the slopes!
 
I always wear a helmet whilst out cycling, I assume I'd have quite a nasty scar on my forehead if I didn't!

As a kid I went over the handlebars and faceplanted the pavement. My upper teeth went through my lower lip, out the otherside and chipped on the ground, my helmet smashed into the ground too and left a huge dent / gouge in it.

My teeth hurt the most.
 
I was run over by a car when I was 14, the only time I bothered to wear a helmet up until then as it was uncool. I decided I couldn't be bothered to carry it in my hands on the handlebars, so wore it instead.

About 3/4 minutes later my head smashed the windscreen of a car who run into the back of me at about 40mph whilst I was waiting at a junction to turn right. She didn't see me.

The guys at the hospital told my parents I was the only one that week to be wearing a helmet, and it saved my life. So yeah, they are 'handy'. I would rather wear it than have the wind running through my hair, 'cos if it's not the traffic it could just be your fault and you've splatted yourself all over the pavement.
 
Rusty_Noob said:
I always wear a helmet whilst out cycling, I assume I'd have quite a nasty scar on my forehead if I didn't!
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More than likely and in line with the level of protection offered.

alexthecheese said:
The guys at the hospital told my parents I was the only one that week to be wearing a helmet, and it saved my life.
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This is the kind of rubbish that 'people in hospitals' spout when they really have no idea. Doctors, as a general group, are rubbish at statistics and risk assessment. It's not something they study at medical school (unless they are specialising in epidemiology).
 
[DOD]Asprilla;25730630 said:
I have to doubt it was your thin polystyrene helmet that save you from major brain damage. As I've said, they simply aren't designed and tested for that. This is what I mean about overstating the benefits, usually based on what doctors and paramedics (those well known materials scientists) say.
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I completely agree the helmet wasn't designed for such a high speed impact with tarmac, but, it prevented external head fractures and helped reduce the severity of other injuries.

Anyone who say otherwise is just stupid and I would challenge them to take a simple test - Fall from a stationary bike onto a road, landing on your head, with a helmet and then without.
 
SkodaMart said:
Lol?? What??

The 'argument' for not wearing a helmet is, it feels great having the wind in your hair etc.

Problem is, brain damage and death don't feel so great.

There is ONE reason and ONE reason only not to wear a helmet, and that's freedom of choice.

Wise people wear helmets, although it's no guarantee against head injury protection, it certainly helps.
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I love it how some people can speak with such conviction and be wrong.
 
Having had my nose and top lip stitched back on last year, a helmet doesn't always help you. I hit the back of a car at quite a speed and the spoiler had words with my face.

There's many an argument saying they're useless over certain speeds and scenarios, but I'd rather wear one than not and the expensive ones that fit well make it a much better experience especially when covering over 100 miles in the sun.
 
SkodaMart said:
Lol?? What??

The 'argument' for not wearing a helmet is, it feels great having the wind in your hair etc.

Problem is, brain damage and death don't feel so great.

There is ONE reason and ONE reason only not to wear a helmet, and that's freedom of choice.

Wise people wear helmets, although it's no guarantee against head injury protection, it certainly helps.
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yea rly.....

I don't wear a helmet because I don't feel the need.

had no problems at all last summer... 2 low speed offs when it was wet on wet leaves at about 12mph slow enough to just stick my hand out and stop me falling with only minimal grazing on my palm.

ops friend should have been on the road for a start no one is allowed to ride on the pavement not even kids.

the police just can't do anything about people to young to be arrested


alexthecheese said:
The guys at the hospital told my parents I was the only one that week to be wearing a helmet, and it saved my life.
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oh YEAH! brother! everyone else without a helmet that week went straight to the funeral parlour :rolleyes:~


if you are flying downhills at 20-40mph then by all means wear a helmet. as there's a good chance of flying head first into something but the majority of accidents will be people sliding off side ways without enough force for there head to hit the floor
 
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SDK^ said:
I completely agree the helmet wasn't designed for such a high speed impact with tarmac, but, it prevented external head fractures and helped reduce the severity of other injuries.

Anyone who say otherwise is just stupid and I would challenge them to take a simple test - Fall from a stationary bike onto a road, landing on your head, with a helmet and then without.
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The few comparison type quotes I have ever heard have been from people who have seen many accident victims (nurses I know have worked in A&E) . They were in a position to make a logical statement based on what injuries they saw and if the rider wore a helmet or not.The general view I have always been given is that the helmet does reduce injury compared to no helmet.

I'm no expert in injury prevention and neither is anyone I know it's just logic tells me a helmet is safer.
 
safer based on what? your head is such a small part of your body and the least likely to actually make contact with the floor.

do cyclists wearing helmets wear motorbike style kevlar armour ?
lets face it nearly all cycle deaths involve tons of steel and a helmet ain't stopping it.


you would probably be better of just wearing kevlar pads incase you slide off sideways like most cycle offs will be
 
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