For a different viewpoint...

[T.W.R]

Not really the same though, is it?

In fact it's like........the opposite.

Actually if the sensory awareness is exposed to extremes it dulls coldness and air pressure and wind noise etc, exactly the same as someone who hasn't had to wear helmets then does, their limited senses are even more decreased by the muffling effect of the helmet.

Until the day helmets are designed to allow for an error in human design they're no more than gravel rash inhibitors and fancy weather protection. Land the wrong way wearing a helmet or not the neck is the weak link in the whole design and in some instances a helmet can increase the chance of neck damage or worse and absolutely no helmet can protect someone from having their head run over by another vehicle it still pops like a ripe tomato and a helmet just confines the dispersal of the contents.

[Katman]

Just in case anyone was retarded enough to think I was advocating not wearing helmets...........


..........I wasn't.

[tri boy]

Through last summer, I ocassionaly straped the helmet to the scrambler carrier and enjoyed a slow pootle on some back country gravel roads.
Sunnies are required, a neck scarf or similar if dust is an issue, and lip balm if you don't want wind burn.
Average speed would be about 50-60kmh.
No coppers out that way, and the benefit is full visibilty, and joe public actualy smile and wave. (helmets take the human factor away). Everyone should try it.MHO

[Old Steve]

I wear boots, armoured jacket, gloves and helmet EVERY time I get on my bike. I do feel exposed when just wearing jeans around town, I wear full biking trousers when going any distance or out of town. I couldn't imagine not wearing a helmet, I've only got one head so I'm protecting it. I'm 62 and I want to enjoy as much of my future as I can.

[sAsLEX]

I wonder how this guy would of viewed the situation

[Headbanger]

Until the day helmets are designed to allow for an error in human design they're no more than gravel rash inhibitors and fancy weather protection. Land the wrong way wearing a helmet or not the neck is the weak link in the whole design and in some instances a helmet can increase the chance of neck damage or worse and absolutely no helmet can protect someone from having their head run over by another vehicle it still pops like a ripe tomato and a helmet just confines the dispersal of the contents.

I know a number of people who are alive due to their helmet taking the impact rather then their skull, they are much more effective then then just gravel rash inhibitors, even if your neck is the next weak spot.

I keep a crash helmet on my shelf, Its my crash helmet because I crashed with it on, The damage to it is obvious, And if my skull had taken that impact I'd be uglier and stupider then I currently am....And trust me, that's not what the world needs.

[breakaway]

Fuck em. I suggest we remove the compulsory helmet law in NZ too, and let the problem take care of itself. Modern day natural selection - evolution you can see.

[dipshit]

as soon as they pay for their hospital days... is their own business,

But ironically it's the very people that go on about "its my life and my body so I can do what I want", are also the very first people to put their hand out and start demanding their rights when it comes to the "nanny state" paying to fix them up again.

[specter]

Fuck em. I suggest we remove the compulsory helmet law in NZ too, and let the problem take care of itself. Modern day natural selection - evolution you can see.

wouldn't work in nz, because of acc paying for all the damage costs...... but yes whole heartedly agree with you
the only time i havnt worn FULL bike gear is when i first got my bike and could only afford helmet, jacket and gloves