Can Safety Helmets really help save your life

[hackbike 666]

There has never been a thread on this before.

 

[Riding in Circles]

Everyone should always wear a helmet.

 

[hackbike 666]

Light the touchpaper.

 

[NigC]

There has never been a thread on this before.

No, I can't remember one.....

OK, guilty as charged

But in case there's some useful info from this, here's one I prepared earlier:

https://www.cyclechat.net/

 

[yello]

Everyone should always wear a helmet.

Yep. Always. In bed, in the shower, especially walking down the street

 

[Riding in Circles]

Yep. Always. In bed, in the shower, especially walking down the street

Exactly, don't forget people in hospital as well. Nothing like a bit of polystyrene on your head to make life better.

 

[4F]

I wonder if they can acutally help to save your life, what are the good points and bad

My kids always wear them when playing in the house, better be safe than sorry.

 

[Mark_Robson]

I wonder if they can acutally help to save your life, what are the good points and bad

Yes safety helmets can, and do save lives. I spent ten years in coal mining and there were a million examples of how someone had survived a fall of stone or a serious impact because they were wearing a helmet.
I now work in the chemical industry and I have seen many examples of how helmets have protected peoples heads from falling tools, chemical contact with acids, flash fires, and explosions.

The above are the pro's of wearing a helmet but the cons are that they are not the most comfortable things to wear, especially on a hot day.

 

[numbnuts]

I wonder if a turban would save your life

 

[Mark_Robson]

I wonder if a turban would save your life

Only if it's wrapped around a safety helmet.

 

[trustysteed]

spend some time reading the comments.

 

[Norm]

I wonder if a turban would save your life

It may well do so if you are in one of the more volatile states in the Middle East.

Everyone should always wear a helmet.

Yep. Always. In bed, in the shower, especially walking down the street

But, more importantly, whilst drinking alcohol, driving a car or climbing stairs.
(How am I doing, Cunobelin? )

 

[ufkacbln]

It may well do so if you are in one of the more volatile states in the Middle East.



But, more importantly, whilst drinking alcohol, driving a car or climbing stairs.
(How am I doing, Cunobelin? )

Fine!

This pedestrian would also have benefited from a helmet!

 

[Norm]

Fine!

Standing on the shoulders of Giants - or should that be Specializeds.

This pedestrian would also have benefited from a helmet!

Looked like it hit her leg.

I've been helmet-less for the past few days, because I favour primary over secondary safety.

 

[ufkacbln]

Looked like it hit her leg.

I know, but it has never stopped our local paper!

We had a young boy knocked off his bike by a car,.... so they did an article about how he had been wearing a helmet and that all children should do so.

He had also suffered a leg injury, hadn't fallen off or even come close to hitting his head!