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Really GB? Let's see Hmmm..seat belts....air bags...big metal box..ridin in the wind, no mass in comparison, lotsa asphalt RIGHTTHERE...People who don't wear helmets please start young, it's good for the gene pool.


Yup, lots of asphalt right there and, if you have sense, heavy leather between you and it. Now, add a few more pounds to your head, and you are more likely to go headfirst like the cap bombs kids used to play with. Go feet first, and knees pulled up you slide on your jacket untill you can twist enough to roll. Go head first, maybe your helmet will start sliding on the pavement. If it's fibreglass, it will soon soften from the friction, grab and your body flips over your head and breaks your neck. If it's ABS, you come to an irregularity in the pavement, it bounces like a crazy ball and breaks your neck. If you still manage to slide feet first and, as was the case with my friend Joanie, the helmet catches on something, it and your head stop, the rest of you keeps going.
Helmets that exactly pass the DOT tests (most helmet makers are run by MBA's, you aren't going to get anything more than that) fail on impact at speeds greater than 17.5 MPH. Crash at a more realistic speed and not only does the helmet bust, doing you little if any good, it turns into sharp bits to be driven into your skull.

Like I already said, if helmets were for safety, they would be required in cars. Instead, they are simply for making money.

Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python