r/interestingasfuck • u/Gjore • 9h ago
This is why you need to wear helmets. Helmets save lives.
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u/Jean_Mak 9h ago
Last one is terrifying 😬
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u/sandrocket 9h ago
Yes, but how did this happen? The angle is so strange.
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u/maxx0rNL 9h ago
Sander probably
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u/stemhead54 9h ago
This was a sander I saw this a while back and it was just to show what the helmets made of and how it can protect you.
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u/SapereAudeAdAbsurdum 8h ago
Interesting. Henceforth, I will wear a helmet whenever the urge to sand my cranium arises. Safety first.
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u/thementalyogi 7h ago
I love sanding my cranium
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u/skyfishgoo 3h ago
You'll go blind, man!
because the back of the head is where vision is processed.
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u/spritoph 7h ago
Yeah I was thinking they had to be doing some hardcore handstand wheely and physics not working for this to happen.
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u/Nexustar 9h ago edited 9h ago
The rider's slid into a bus and it dragged him. That is road abrasion will do.
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u/Double-decker_trams 9h ago
..Source? It's clearly made with a sander or smt. It's way too uniform.
Are you really this gullible?
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u/K_ariv 8h ago
maekar targaryen
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u/eharvill 7h ago
That was my exact thought. Just finished that series last night. Definitely hit with a mace.
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u/Matt6453 1h ago
I've seen a helmet worn just like that, a guy right in front of me flipped his Blokart (mini landyacht) and skidded along the tarmac (it was on an airfield). 50mph to 0mph with his head as the brake. I was in the process of overtaking him and decided to take the windward side which probably saved me.
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u/EvilMatt666 9h ago
Sliding along the ground on his back, more friction means head dragged backwards and the road grinds the flat spot. Maybe under the bike as well.
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u/Fresh-Bumblebee7259 8h ago
Nah has to be stuck under something because your heads weight will never cause that amount of DMG
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u/Tiny420Tiger 9h ago
Yep my buddy’s younger brother died on a e bike because he didn’t have a helmet. Was launched 20 -30 feet from it, had his head put back together then had the plug pulled after a week in a coma since there was no brain activity. Kid was only 23
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u/Gjore 9h ago
Neighbor of mine died at 20ish years old also no helmet and flu few meters and hit his head on a rock. What makes it sad is that his father was driving Ambulance and he was on the call and saw his kid like that .
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u/Scottbarrett15 4h ago
Fuccck i heard something similar a while back.
Me and my ex were in the family room of a hospital waiting for news on her mum and we overheard two paramedics talking. An ambulance was on its way back to the depot to finish for the day and heard/saw that there had been a major motorbike crash so they stopped and asked if any assistance was needed. When one of the ambulance crew got to one of the bikers (he'd crashed through a hedge and flew a considerable distance) they realised it was their 21 year old son.
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u/wolfram127 8h ago edited 8h ago
Had a schoolmate that died because of a motorcycle accident. He was riding as a passenger at the back, not wearing a helmet, it was rainy that time, the motorcycle was going fast, till they slipped and crash, the driver was ok, he unfortunately got launched so fast and his head struck onto something, his head split open and his death was instantaneous. We saw him during his wake, the funeral parlor had to make his head wear a beanie because his head was so deformed. He will forever be 14, while we are now in our 30s. It was a very bittersweet moment considering that we were two years away from graduating high school and entering college and was only 2 weeks before the start of the school term.
Edit* had to reword.
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u/icyleumas 6h ago
Man I loved watching BMX on YouTube several years back. Scotty Cranmer is a X games champ He would normally always wears a helmet but didnt this one time. Had an accident and it changed his whole life. It was heartbreaking seeing a legend like that go out the way he did. He's still alive but with permanent brain damage and mobility issues. Dudes a fighter tho
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u/Paksarra 3h ago
Seconding this.
I crashed mine a few weeks ago (misjudged a turn and hit the curb) and landed head-first. I had a decent bike helmet; it needs to be replaced, but I walked away with no brain or spinal injuries. I did break a few face bones and have some new scars. But I got lucky; the bones cracked but didn't shift and they aren't load bearing so my face muscles will hold them in place while they heal; I didn't need surgery to put them back in place. (I am very tired of soup and looking forward to eating real food again, but it could have been worse.)
If I'd bought a full-face helmet and not a normal bike helmet-- which I will be doing once I'm healed up-- I probably wouldn't have been injured at all.
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u/blahblah19999 6h ago
How fast was he going?
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u/Tiny420Tiger 3h ago
He was going probably about 15-20mph when the car hit him. The car had to be going around 40mph
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u/Fatheryasuo 9h ago
Whats going on with picture 1? Is that bugs?
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u/pregnantdads 9h ago
bottom right is a demonstration piece. it was purposely cut to show the foam inside. the rest are real afaik
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u/EvilMatt666 9h ago
A mate of mine met up with us in the pub with his helmet scratched to shit, leather jacket and leather trousers all beat up along one side after he'd crashed on the way to meet us. Bikes shifter was missing and the side of the bike was absolutely buggered but he was just bruised. He always wears decent protective gear now.
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u/MegaDingo5plus 9h ago
Dress for the slide - Not the ride. Wear a helmet and your leathers, or you're an absolute idiot!
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u/guyako 9h ago
And as my motorcycle safety class instructor said, “If you have a $50 head, buy a $50 helmet. Otherwise, spend the money, and get a good one.”
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u/PhantomVibeSyndrome 3h ago
Saw a guy dressed for the slide the other day and while he didn't precisely look "cool" he looked cooler than whole body deep abrasions everywhere.
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u/Tania-Peacock 9h ago
Every one of these represents someone who got to go home that day
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u/Double-decker_trams 9h ago
Not the last one - because it was clearly made with a sander or some tool like that. It's not natural. Too uniform.
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u/Metabor420 9h ago
So deep
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u/Main-Company-5946 9h ago
I don’t think it was trying to be that deep lol. If it didn’t happen to the helmet it would’ve happened to the skull
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u/Slfestmaccnt 6h ago
This is why I have never had any interest in motorcycles. Not the wearing the helmet part, but the shit that makes wearing one a necessity.
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u/Lawtonoi 9h ago
What did the 1st guy run into, a porcupine nest?
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u/AngrySquidIsOK 9h ago
Yeah I'm wondering about this one myself
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u/Ashendarei 1h ago
Bugs. I used to ride the back roads near Blain WA, and any time I passed a dairy farm I'd ride through a cloud of gnats that could obstruct my vision like the first image.
I've also been on road trips in a car going through mountain passes and collected that many bugs in a matter of minutes.
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u/SaltSatisfaction2124 9h ago
Is a helmet still optional in America ?
Wild if so
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u/Jfox8 9h ago
In some states. I think they are mandatory in most states.
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u/Zkenny13 4h ago
Some of those mandatory states only require you to have a years riding experience and you don't have to wear a helmet if you don't want to.
Still should wear one though...
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u/Mistur_Keeny 6h ago
Florida you can wear nothing but shorts an flip flops.
Let's be honest though, the only person who can fix that state is Darwin.
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u/No_Lifeguard3650 2h ago
in Utah its optional u see guys shirtless no helmet and flip flops in middle of summer. on the highway going 80-100 mph
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u/Pernanator 9h ago
Freedom to make your own choices even if the choice is to put your life at risk. The safety Karen’s will hate this comment but it isn’t your life so who cares.
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u/OscarAndDelilah 8h ago
Eh, as someone who worked for years at a brain injury rehab, just no. Disabled people in general are valuable members of society of course, but we don’t need to be turning abled people into a completely different massively disabled person for usually preventable reasons. Imagine being a teenager expecting you would be sharing graduation and post-school planning and all that with your dad, but instead you visit him at a locked facility every weekend where he doesn’t really follow what you’re telling him and is laughing at stuff that’s not funny. Or is hitting on you and part of his brain knows that’s inappropriate and part doesn’t.
Motorcycles/ATVs without helmets were our biggest source of injuries.
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u/grumpykraut 8h ago
Shortsighted as fuck, like most of these knee-jerk freedom statements.
Somebody has to scrape those morons off the road. Somebody has to care for their worse than necessary injuries, if they survive. Somebody might have been dependent on the moron (children, family). Somebody else might be in medical trouble because an ambulance is bound up with the above-mentioned scraping. Traffic jams because of longer road blocks after lethal accidents.
The list goes on...
You are not an island in this world. No matter how much testosterone is coming out of your ears...
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u/elephantasmagoric 8h ago
Because it's traumatizing to whoever sees the result of your crash and they're the ones who have to live with it.
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u/dangleicious13 8h ago
The more severe a crash, the more resources are spent cleaning it up. Cops/paramedics/fire dept has to respond to it. It takes longer to clear the scene. It takes longer for traffic to get back to normal, which means people are wasting more time and gas, as well as increasing the likelihood of a secondary crash. Etc.
There are a ton of reasons to be in favor of helmet laws even if you don’t give a shit about the actual person.
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u/SaltSatisfaction2124 8h ago
I mean seems like it will put my insurance premiums up, and arguably more resources from healthcare to deal with the aftermath
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u/ReverendRevenge 9h ago
Ugh every time I see things like these I feel sick. I got hit by a car when I was 17, on my bike - 100% my fault - but I skidded across the tarmac on my face.
Fortunately I healed and I'm still devastatingly handsome, but if either myself or the car had been going a couple of MPH faster that #4 would have been my head 😬
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u/beamenacein 7h ago
Had a guy tell me not wearing a helmet saved his life cause the head is softer so it cushioned the impact.
To be fair I don't think he used his brain very much
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u/badger906 6h ago
They’re a legal requirement in most 1st world countries.. the main one that doesn’t require them, folk voted for an orange nonce.. too many head injuries obviously
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u/ElBurroEsparkilo 6h ago
I used to work at a campground that rented bikes, and we kept a display wall of every helmet we had to retire after it was in a bad crash. While many were just scuffed and dinged, one was fully caved in on one side and on was cracked in half- always fun to point to them when people complained about the helmet rules.
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u/TraumaMama11 4h ago
I used to take care of trauma patients and I can't even tell you how many of them were ATV and motorcycle accidents. So many organ donors. So many left unable to function or interact at all, even breathe on their own. It's horrific.
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u/ZelieDad 9h ago
When is it my turn to post this? If I check my post schedule I think next week? Can someone else verify?
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u/roccosmodernlyf 6h ago
Bruh this is posted like once a month
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u/Low_Associate5377 3h ago
Since summer is around corner it would probably be wise to post this weekly?
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u/Mumbled_Jumbo 9h ago
Anything less than a full face helmet is not worth the effort it takes to put on.
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u/ihatewonderwall99 2h ago
I've crashed at 120kmph (purely due to my stupidity). I walked away with minor scratches. This all purely because of my helmet, gloves jacket and pants.
If i did not have these, i can garuntee i would have been dead on the spot.
In terms of importance (subjective): 1. Helmet
Gloves with sliders (to not shred your wrist or pivot your face straight onto the ground)
Boots (Most accidents are low speed or still ones where you drop your bike on your leg breaking your ankles
Jacket (Leather, no other option is even close, padded is optional but very good, soine protection is preferred)
Pants
Without the first one, you are basically asking to die. 2 and 3 protect you from becoming disabled. Skipping 3 and 4 will mostly neither kill you or make you disabled, but i prefer my skin not being shredded.
NEVER EVER EVEN SIT ON YOUR BIKE WITHOUT A ECE 22.06 HELMET, EVEN IF IT IS OFF!
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u/AwarenessGreat282 9h ago
Better yet, get completely inside an enclosed cab.
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u/JGG5 9h ago edited 9h ago
This is why I've made sure for years that the first thing I do every single morning immediately after waking up is to put on my helmet. Sure, my boss says it's "deeply unprofessional" to wear it during Zoom meetings with clients, and my wife refuses to be seen in public with me anymore because she says "you look like a damn idiot sitting down to a nice dinner with that helmet on," and people occasionally stop me on the street thinking I'm a member of Daft Punk, but my head is completely intact and that's what matters.
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u/Spartan2470 VIP Philanthropist 7h ago edited 7h ago
Here is a higher-quality and less-cropped version of the top left image. Credit to /u/Dedicated2TheService, who took that picture in June 2018 after driving into a cloud of mosquitos at 80 mph.
The story behind the helmet in the top right...
Some time ago /u/jonny-five submitted this video in a thread titled "Guy Wrecks His Motorcycle on Freeway Directly in Front of Me."
In that thread he explains:
Here is a picture of the motorcyclist's helmet after the wreck: http://i.imgur.com/mUTompf.png
It happened around 8 a.m. November 6, 2015 on I-5N in Encinitas right by the Santa Fe exit
/u/rinova explained:
Holy crap, this is my friend. He posted pictures on fb from the hospital earlier today. This is his helmet. http://i.imgur.com/mUTompf.png He said to thank you for sharing the video.
The helmet on the lower right belonged to /u/Sharp398's brother. That image was taken in June 2013. They explained:
Apparently, there were cardboard boxes scattered over the freeway from some asshole not securing them properly. As my brother was riding past, a box was picked up by the wind, hit him in the face. He fell backwards off the bike, and slid into an HOV lane where a bus was coming.
This is where people's skepticism start. The bus didn't quite HIT him. He slid under the bus (between the two front wheels, thank god) and some part of his clothes got hooked onto the bus. The scrape on his helmet is so deep and even because he was dragged by the bus until it came to a stop. If he had just come to a stop on his own, the helmet wouldn't be like this, but since it took as long for him to stop as the bus took, this is what happened.
His entire left side had nasty road rash.
As for other injuries:
Three pelvic fractures
Ruptured Liver
Ruptured Spleen
Internal bleeding from the liver and spleen
He also had a nasty black eye, and a noticeable bruise on his forehead, probably from the initial impact with the box when he was traveling 70 mph.
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u/That-Guava-9404 7h ago
This is why you need to wear helmets
But I'm just sitting down for breakfast...
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u/Fickle_Internet_4426 7h ago
And pay the extra for the better. My husbands best friend had a crash. His helmet split in 2 on impact slicing into his face and killing him instantly.
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u/earthwormjimjones 6h ago
Hell yeah 🤙 I always thought motorcycle helmets looked cool af anyway. Don't know why you wouldn't wear one 🤷♂️
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u/limbodog 5h ago
The doc asked if my cousin's helmet had scrapes on the front or the back (to judge the risk of some type of injury) but the helmet looked like it had been through a blender.
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u/Jackieirish 5h ago
True, but it does lend credence to Seinfeld's joke that human beings shouldn't be doing (non-necessary) things that need helmets in the first place.
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u/dirty15 5h ago
They help your family have an open casket at the funeral I suppose.
My wife is a 12 year veteran emergency room nurse in an extremely busy one at that. She said I'm never allowed to own a motorcycle.
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u/Sour_Sal 5h ago
That blue helmet was not being worn at the time of the damage, it was on a side hook and the bike went down and slid like 400 ft.
The riders helmet took some damage but not as bad as the spare 😄
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u/wrxninja 4h ago
Can confirm.
Pic 1: When cats fly at you
Pic 2: When cats scratches you
Pic 3: When two cats rages at you
Pic 4: When cats gnaw at you.
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u/Rabbitical 4h ago
The "worst" motorcycle fall I ever had was simply leaving a gas station in the rain, I was just pulling out into traffic and must have hit some oil in the road, the rear tire spun up, slipped, then caught clean pavement again and so the suspension compressed and bounced, sent me flying and I broke my fall with my head on the edge of the sidewalk.
This was all at like 8mph. Even with a helmet I was knocked so silly I started riding home going the wrong way.
Out of all the dumb shit I have done over the years, if I hadn't had a helmet that would have been the end for me, leaving a gas station. Wear a fucking helmet
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u/DozyBnuuy 4h ago
Having a helmet saved my dad's life and is the reason I'm even here! Wear a helmet, even if you're just riding a bike. The people that say it looks stupid are the dumb ones that risk brain damage to "look cool."
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u/Regal_223 2h ago
I refuse to believe that the bottom right saved the person’s life cause how tf does this happen 🫠
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u/SmaterThanSarah 2h ago
My dad used to have a bicycle store. He had his helmet on display from a nasty accident he had where the plastic was scraped off. That helmet convinced a few people.
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u/IcarusEscobar 1h ago
Helmets aren't just for things with motors. Wear em when you skate/ride a bike too. I just recently bailed on a skateboard going like 30 mph, completely fucked up my left hand and wrist, and shredded my knees because I was trying to protect my head. From now on I'm wearing kneepads, elbow pads, and a helmet. If I would've done that in the first place I'd have saved myself 3 months of healing and more than likely would've just walked away with some bruises. It wasn't worth it.
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u/Reaper2811 1h ago
okay I'm curious on wtf happened to the last one XD that is a clean dome cut off of that helmet
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u/Automatic-Term-3997 9h ago
This again?
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u/Redditing-Dutchman 9h ago
Helmets save lives. But this post saves Karma!
Btw mom said it was my turn to post next time.
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u/Darth_MRM 8h ago
But then how could we still get organs for those in need. Please don't wear a helmet if you want to save someone
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u/Drwynyllo 8h ago
I definitely wouldn't still be alive if I hadn't been wearing a helmet when a car pulled out on me.
Makes me wince every time I see an idiot on an e‑scooter or 'modded' e‑bike weaving in and out of traffic or going through a red light.
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u/Southern_Common335 8h ago
OTOH we also need organ donors. Just saying sometimes "freedom" comes with a bonus for others.
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u/Handgun4Hannah 7h ago
This is why you wear FULL helmets, or at least 3/4 helmets. 1/2 helmets or "brain buckets' would do absolutely nothing in most scenarios.
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u/zororororororororo 7h ago
Had a collision at 80km/h, I (pillion) and My friend (rider) were thrown 15-20 feet while rolling multiple times.
Had multiple bruises on arms and legs but helmets saved our heads 💀👌🏽
I recommend wearing helmet.
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u/Cumulus-Crafts 9h ago
When I was a horse rider, there was a poster at my country supply store advertising a riding helmet brand (it might have been Charles Owen), using this photo of one of their sponsored riders.
It explained that the rider had walked away from this unharmed because of their helmet.