Cyclist down.. But is alive.

[fossyant]

Gavintc - depends upon the helmet..... could be a cheap one.....

My Pneumo looked intact other than scuffs on the outer shell, but having it on my head on my crash, and hearing/feeling the impact, I'd not wear it again.... and it was a good few years old.... but not a cheap lid......

 

[ferret fur]

If the helmet split in 2, it didn't do it's job, it just failed.

Ah. So he would have been better off without his helmet

 

[dudi]

ohhh, not the old 'deformation vs brittle breakage' argument.

Glad he's got away from it OK, sounds like a hairy incident.

 

[rnscotch]

IMO a helmet can help to prevent or minimize injury. No helmet can protect against all possible impacts, Not hitting something hard is infinitely better than hitting with a helmet on!

TBH i am quite certain it would have been worse if he had no helmet on but as we know on this forum that's an argument for another day.

Being a member of my family obviously i am glad he is ok. With hind sight it would have probably been better to have slowed right down, i tend to sit back so i know buses and lorrys can see me but as i said above i don't think i would have done much different in the same circumstance. You can't pre empt someone is going to RLJ.

 

[Crankarm]

IMO a helmet can help to prevent or minimize injury. No helmet can protect against all possible impacts, Not hitting something hard is infinitely better than hitting with a helmet on!

TBH i am quite certain it would have been worse if he had no helmet on but as we know on this forum that's an argument for another day.

Controversial............. All we need are contributions from the Cyclists Riding Anti-helmet Party another is likely.

Glad the cyclist is ok.