Helmets will be obsolete in 10 years... a prediction, folly or vested interest?

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Who is that with Jedward?

 

[Davidc]

How about ye olde 17th Century design?

Guaranteed to keep the head off the ground, but might not stop the broken spines from rotational injuries!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Not sure about keeping the head off the ground, didn't work for this lass

 

[ufkacbln]

Not sure about keeping the head off the ground, didn't work for this lass

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I know, a a serious head injury can occur if your head becomes detached and drops to the floor

 

[Davidc]

Not sure about keeping the head off the ground, didn't work for this lass

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She certainly had the spinal injury though

 

[srw]

Personally it strikes me as an over-engineered solution, and it would be better to spend time looking at how to make sure helmets provide (even) more protection.

Or even - radical thought - doing the risk assessment properly and removing the source of risk and the perceived need for a third party to wear protection.

 

[srw]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...lete-in-10-years-and-replaced-by-airbags.html

Without wishing to start a helmet/ no helmet debate, I wish to inject some comment on the viability of neck wear which has the ability to produce safety to the head, as a result of serious impact, and whether anyone would be likely to use this?

It's the flipping Hovding yet again, isn't it?

 

[NorthernDave]

I could be wrong, but wasn't something similar featured on Tomorrow's World back in the 90s?

If so, they seem to be taking a while to catch on

 

[ianrauk]

They can invent any old tat that will promise to protect your head. But I still won't be wearing it.

 

[Venod]

I know, a a serious head injury can occur if your head becomes detached and drops to the floor

Not if your wearing a thudguard it would just be a neck injury.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

What is this thread even doing in this forum? Isn't there a special place circle of hell for helmet discussions?

 

[stoatsngroats]

What is this thread even doing in this forum? Isn't there a special place circle of hell for helmet discussions?

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03315/Hovding-bikes_4_3315311b.jpg isn't a helmet, it's 'neckwear' (what ever that is!)

As I stated in the op:
Without wishing to start a helmet/ no helmet debate, I wish to inject some comment on the viability of neck wear which has the ability to produce safety to the head, as a result of serious impact, and whether anyone would be likely to use this?
This isn't about helmets...

 

[srw]

This isn't about helmets...

Oh yes it is.


It's about head protection, however worn. That's a helmet.

 

[jazzkat]

I think if there was something that one could wear without it seeming like 'protection' then that would be an advantage.

We drive a car in our 'normal' clothing and the machine protects us (crumple zones/airbags/seatbelts) so it is normalised.
Now, I don't want to get into all the arguments about the motorists responsibility to look out for the other, more vulnerable road users, but if people could wear something that had the perceived protection of a helmet and not actually wear a helmet then that must be good, yes?
It's stupid but I wear a helmet not for the supposed protection, but for the fact that if I get mown down my bereaved can at least 'stand my ground' in a "at least I was doing the right thing" kind of way, against the numpty that squashed me.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03315/Hovding-bikes_4_3315311b.jpg isn't a helmet, it's 'neckwear' (what ever that is!)

As I stated in the op:
Without wishing to start a helmet/ no helmet debate, I wish to inject some comment on the viability of neck wear which has the ability to produce safety to the head, as a result of serious impact, and whether anyone would be likely to use this?
This isn't about helmets...

It still doesn't belong in SC&P.