Wear cycle helmets! then this won't happen.

Most people I have know who ride have fallen off due to error; clipping the kerb, something with their bars, a bump they didn't see or loose surfaces. To clarify my view this is why I wear a helmet, incidents with motor vehicles I do not take into account when thinking of wearing a helmet. Even if I were wearing full body armour/leathers/boots and a top of the line motorcycle helmet I would not like my chances against a motor vehicle in an impact. This is no reason for me not to wear a cycle helmet.
 
In the past, pre-wife and kids, I'd only wear a helmet whilst cycling off-road. My thinking being I'm more likely to have an incident, like the video above, off-road; an incident whereby a helmet would actually help.

On the road, I thought being hit by a car doing 30mph, or a wagon doing 40 I'd be a gonna anyway, so why bother?

Now I'm married with kids, I wear one all the time. It's like climate change - the jury may still be out, but in the mean-time I think wearing one is better than not wearing one.

Recently, my reasoning for wearing one has changed slightly - I don't want a court/insurance company reducing any compensation I (my family if it's a bad one) receive should I be involved in a no-fault incident, just because I'm not wearing a helmet.

There are many stories on the issue, but here's a link to get you started:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2011/sep/08/helmet-legal-status
 
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platypus said:
And yet you post a thread entitled 'Wear cycle helmets! then this won't happen.'

What we certainly don't need is more daily mail-esque sensationalism.
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It is not sensationalism, the thread was more of a demonstration of my son seeing sense from a life event.

And as the lad did hit a stationary object at a speed not exceeding 20mph the helmet would have in all likelihood have substantially reduced his injury.

No talk of helmets saving lives against motor vehicles or any other scenario that has been mentioned in the thread.
 
Hitman_Leon said:
No I live in small village that my family has lived in for around 500 years, but alas that kind of place is never far away from anyone these days.
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True that! Friend of mine lives in Caldy in the Wirral...£2mil house surrounded by other £2-4mill houses.

2500m away lies Birkenhead...chav city :/
 
Hitman_Leon said:
And as the lad did hit a stationary object at a speed not exceeding 20mph the helmet would have in all likelihood have substantially reduced his injury.

No talk of helmets saving lives against motor vehicles or any other scenario that has been mentioned in the thread.
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Here here, this exactly.

No one said they would protect against a car or a speeding bullet.

However, should I find myself in a situation where my head makes contact with a solid object, I would sooner be wearing a helmet thank you very much.

Anyone who says otherwise is....

Should they be compulsory - hell no, I don't want the restriction of wearing a helmet when I'm cycling at 6-8mph with the kids on a cycle track.
 
Dimple said:
Have some respect you sad little man.
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I'm pretty sure he's joking :P


SkodaMart said:
Any form of head protection is advantageous in a crash, don't crash you say, well it's just pointless, sweaty weight then.
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It's a double edged sword, wear a helmet and if you have an accident any impact to your head will be reduced, however in an accident the chances of breaking your neck will be increased.

Personally I would rather be a corpse than a vegetable, like people say personal preference.
 
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I have no doubt my cycle helmet saved my life just before Xmas, I consider myself damn lucky to still be around and have multiple healing fractures to my upper jaw; nose; hand.
 
Ignoring the helmet or not debate it's pretty sad that this young guys life could be ended by something that almost all of us who ride have done at one point or another.
 
ubersonic said:
It's a double edged sword, wear a helmet and if you have an accident any impact to your head will be reduced, however in an accident the chances of breaking your neck will be increased.

Personally I would rather be a corpse than a vegetable, like people say personal preference.
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I just love these myths.

Not.
 
I don't wear a helmet because I don't like wearing one and I'm happy to gamble that I'll never have an accident where a helmet will save me - that's the end of the discussion right there I'm afraid.
 
I remember when I was a kipper, I was riding a bmx bike, cousin was in front of me on his bmx, I clipped his rear tyre with mine and went flying.

I hit the ground and damaged my digital Casio watch and got a few boo boos, I wasn't wearing a helmet...

...but since that day, lesson learnt, I vowed never ever to go out without a hel...

... wait I mean never ever to go out on a bike again :(
 
12 months ago tomorrow I woke up in A&E after being unconscious for an hour and I know 100% that my helmet saved my life or at the very least saved me from a fractured skull or worse.
I don't care that I'm not an expert in helmet manufacture because I know how hard I hit the floor.
A few weeks before that when I'd just had my cleats for the first time, I couldn't get out quick enough and fell backwards onto the back of my head.
Without a helmet I know 100% I wouldn't have got back up or at the very least been rolling round the floor like Suarez taking a dive but the helmet just gave me a headache.
 
The young lad is improving slowly but this is way beyond the initial expectations of the doctors; his haemorrhages seem to have subsided without surgical intervention, there is worry over a clot. When he was scanned prior to surgery for the haemorrhages the surgeon decided to adopt a wait and see approach which seems to have paid off. He is still very ill but things seem to be looking better. He is being treated with drugs for the clot and hopefully will avoid any surgery completely.

He is starting to remember things now which is good as he had no idea what his own name was two days ago. Everything takes time and things are looking good :)
 
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The young lad is improving slowly but this is way beyond the initial expectations of the doctors; his haemorrhages seem to have subsided without surgical intervention, there is worry over a clot. When he was scanned prior to surgery for the haemorrhages the surgeon decided to adopt a wait and see approach which seems to have paid off. He is still very ill but things seem to be looking better. He is being treated with drugs for the clot and hopefully will avoid any surgery completely.

He is starting to remember things now which is good as he had no idea what his own name was two days ago. Everything takes time and things are looking good :)
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Good to hear it there. Personally as a little kid I never wore a helmet, even now I had bought a helmet, but it sits in a box in the cellar gathering dust. Maybe I should break it out now.
 
Last year a woman in our department came off her bike and ended up in ICU with a head injury plus a really bad arm that's now full of metal but she came back still not wearing a helmet.
About a month ago she was in the kitchen showing a woman her new bruises and scraping across her forehead but she still wouldn't wear a helmet.
I really don't know what goes on in peoples heads.
 
Glad the kid's recovering. Hopefully there'll be no lasting damage.

Dimple, some people just don't help themselves I'm afraid.

They're the ones that in the past evolution would have weeded out. With so much HSE legislation about they get to carry on living and reproduce...
 
Some people will never see sense even when they have their own scars to remind them what sense is. Have a couple of friends who will never wear safety glasses no matter how many times they have had something go in their eyes.
 
The young lad will probably be released from hospital tomorrow; he still has a clot and is on something to try and clear that, his fractures will obviously take time to heal. Despite what he has just been through his mum will not have him back home and although his grandmother had offered him a room this seems to have fallen through. I have stepped in and offered for him to stay while he gets better and can get himself situated somewhere.

Some people :mad:; his family almost lost him and were for all intents devastated and now they expect the lad to come out of hospital still recovering with nowhere to go.
 
Hitman_Leon said:
The young lad will probably be released from hospital tomorrow; he still has a clot and is on something to try and clear that, his fractures will obviously take time to heal. Despite what he has just been through his mum will not have him back home and although his grandmother had offered him a room this seems to have fallen through. I have stepped in and offered for him to stay while he gets better and can get himself situated somewhere.

Some people :mad:; his family almost lost him and were for all intents devastated and now they expect the lad to come out of hospital still recovering with nowhere to go.
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Scum don't deserve to be parents.

Glad he's on the mend though, and good on you for taking him in.
 
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