Anyone Who Watched the Giro Yesterday Still Think Helmets Don't Do Their Job!?!

[subaqua]

To many of us the word Giro is associated solely with the benefit cheques paid out by the long defunct National Girobank on behalf of HM Government.

yeah whats green , white n black and gets a scouser drunk. A Giro

didn't Thin Lizzy also buy Whisky with their Giro

 

[Mugshot]

Ignore me.

What a conundrum, if I ignore you then I'm not ignoring you, but if I don't ignore you then I'm not ignoring you. My brain is fried, where's my helmet?

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm very glad that Pozzovivo is not as badly injured as first appeared. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-im-ok-but-it-was-a-very-heavy-fall-says-pozzovivo

It may still be a bit too soon for me to express my disappointment that he has rather let down my fantasy Giro team without it being in bad taste. So I won't.

 

[busman]

What could have happened? I guess it could have worked properly instead of breaking.

It did work properly. It saved my skull cracking.

 

[busman]

Do you have any photos showing how the polystyrene compressed?

No I don't sorry. I was more concerned about my other injuries.

 

[Drago]

It did work properly. It saved my skull cracking.

on what scientific foundation did you base that conclusion?

 

[busman]

on what scientific foundation did you base that conclusion?

No science needed. The helmet saved my skull. No helmet, cracked skull.

 

[busman]

Fair enough but a split down the middle helmet is more likely to be a failure that just broke, than one that genuinely absorbed significant amounts of energy. People frequently look at them and assume they saved their life when what they should be doing is asking the manufacturer why it failed.

Fair point @User I'm just glad I was wearing it. Wether it worked properly or not, imo it saved me from a more serious injury.

 

[Profpointy]

is it time for "The Picture" yet?

 

[Profpointy]

No, it is time for a sticky post containing as close to agreed facts as can be agreed.

that's crazy talk !

 

[Drago]

No science needed. The helmet saved my skull. No helmet, cracked skull.

That's an assumption based upon no evidence. You may just as well attribute your good fortune to your lucky socks if you're not going to actually analyse the incident in a methodical manner.

 

[subaqua]

What a conundrum, if I ignore you then I'm not ignoring you, but if I don't ignore you then I'm not ignoring you. My brain is fried, where's my helmet?

tinfoil hat not helmet will stop the Alien rays hitting your brain and frying it.

 

[bpsmith]

A mate crashed out a few weeks back and his Kask helmet did just that. It compressed on the front right hand side. At first it seems like it hadn't touched the ground but was soon obvious it had when comparing left to right. His forehead hitting the ground, similarly to Pozzovivo but albeit a lot slower, would certainly have done damage where there was no damage evident from the accident.

Does anyone in this thread honestly think that Pozzovivo would have been better off not wearing his helmet yesterday? Similarly, does anyone actually think his head only hit the ground due to the increased size of the helmet over the size of his head?

These are the usual replies to topics of this nature...

 

[Mugshot]

Does anyone in this thread honestly think that Pozzovivo would have been better off not wearing his helmet yesterday? Similarly, does anyone actually think his head only hit the ground due to the increased size of the helmet over the size of his head?
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Would you answer this?

You endorse the wearing of safety helmets by competitive cyclists. And I think we are being invited to conclude that therefore all cyclists should wear helmets.

Do you endorse the wearing of safety helmets by Formula 1 drivers?

 

[bpsmith]

Would you answer this?

Would you advise how that has any relation to this topic? Read the title...

Edit: Answer the thread related question maybe?