Oh, I agree, i am one of the better safe than sorry worry warts who makes sure he has his keys twice before he locks the door behind him. I do think that helmets can prevent injury but I just dont know if they can save your life in a situation where you would otherwise be killed.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 17:49 -0400, Peter Morgano wrote: > > I have also crashed and thought the helmet stopped me from being hurt > > worse than I could have been but studies have shown that is just how > > we feel, which is not always accurate to what is actually going on. > > The evidence is pretty substantial that putting and inch of foam > > between your head and the road isnt really going to save you, its not > > like an airbag or a crumple zone or anything that substanial. I will > > continue to wear mine though and hope for the day where instead of > > putting batteries in shifters the bike bike companies can work on a > > helmet strong enough to actually save our lives. > > Peter, when the evidence is half-inch deep gouges in the outer shell and > through the foam, the only question is, "Would you rather have those > gouges in your helmet, or in the skin on your face and head?" > Completely unambiguous. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
