Gopro brkt brain damage danger

[Angry Blonde]

see they reckon michael schumacker got his brain injuries from the bracket of his gopro, i have a helmet camera, makes you wonder like ?

 

[Drago]

I've been to a job where a lid mounted torch got rammed into the lads skull, made a frightful mess. I'd never attach anything solid to a helmet after seeing that.

 

[Dragonwight]

Yes I have heard about various safety issues with helmet mounted cameras, personally I mount mine on my shoulder strap of my camelbak.

 

[Sara_H]

Thanks for posting. I attach mine to my handlebars, but OH actaully started wearing a helmet a few weeks ago in order to attach a camera. I think I'll tell him to desist!

 

[ufkacbln]

This is an interesting one as GoPro deny this as the bracket is designed to fail.

There was also a claim that his helmet failed

Each company has a high profile need to shift the blame to the other.

Expect to see lots of claims, speculation, and little or no actual evidence

 

[Apollonius]

Now that is an interesting one.
I wear a helmet both for skiing and for cycling, but not particularly from the safety point of view, as such. I was the first in my ski group/family to adopt a helmet after seeing stars after falling over on the glacier at Tignes. In terms of the risk in the activity, then a ski helmet is a more significant safety feature. I soon discovered that a helmet is simply the best kind of ski hat. Most significantly it gives you somewhere to park your goggles without them steaming up. I suppose it also gives you somewhere to park glasses when cycling, but they are not inclined to freeze over unless it really is a Rule 9 day!
It looks as if having a camera mount on your helmet makes a helmet more dangerous than not wearing one at all.
I take no sides on the debate as the safety issue is of little significance in both sports. A helmet will help you little if you ski over a cliff, or go under the back wheels of a truck. On the other hand, there is no point in wearing something potentially dangerous. But then, the risk is tiny, I suppose.

 

[Angry Blonde]

is it not a big risk though, if the first time youd need it to work, and the bracket pierces your skull ?

 

[mickle]

Apparently Schumacher's head injuries were caused by the Gopro camera attached to his helmet.

I'll post a link when I get to a keyboard.

 

[Big Nick]

There you go

http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/12/schum...y-gopro-camera-mounted-on-ski-helmet-4902312/

 

[Cycleops]

That explains a lot. Why wasn't this reported earlier?

 

[Big Nick]

It was

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mo...sh-did-helmet-camera-cause-head-injuries.html

 

[mickle]

Duplicate thread! Darn it.

 

[User33236]

It was speculated back in February

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mo...sh-did-helmet-camera-cause-head-injuries.html

EDIT: Beaten to it by Big Nick lol

 

[numbnuts]

I have always thought this, the only way around this is to manufacture a helmet with built in camera and not an add-on

 

[Vapin' Joe]

If you wear a helmet you've got to be nuts to attach anything to it, let alone a camera or a light. Whatever benefits helmets might or might not have they were not designed to resist penetration from a sharp object.