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Post by renateb on Jul 27, 2015 0:44:31 GMT
I will post pictures of what my helmet looks like after this morning's ride. I wiped out in loose gravel on a turn. Outside is dented from the gravel. That gravel would have been embedded in my head. Inside the helmet is cracked (hard to see, but my index finger is next to the crack). That crack would have been my head, just above my left ear. So yes, I look like a hot mess when I take it off after riding, but nothing like the mess I would have looked like without.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 27, 2015 0:47:59 GMT
I can't open your links, but I totally agree. When DS was younger he fell and dented the side of his helmet in. Coukd have been his head.
Helmets work.
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Post by Really Red on Jul 27, 2015 0:53:35 GMT
I see kids in my very nice neighborhood biking ALL.THE.TIME without helmets. It's the law here in VA for under 15s and we live in a very hilly neighborhood. I just want to scream at the idiot parents. These are little kids - under 10s!
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Post by meridon on Jul 27, 2015 1:04:09 GMT
We had a little girl who's a neighbor get hit by a car driven by another elderly neighbor last summer. The little girl had two broken legs and was in a wheelchair for a couple of months. Her dad went door to door showing the other kids in the neighborhood what her helmet looked like and said that the police & EMTs who responded said that the helmet literally saved the girl's life.
Thanks for posting the reminder about bike safety and I'm glad you're ok!
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 27, 2015 1:06:34 GMT
I'm really glad you are a helmet wearer and you are ok!! From our recent 'do you wear a bike helmet' thread it seems that many people don't think it will happen to them
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Post by renateb on Jul 27, 2015 1:07:22 GMT
We had a little girl who's a neighbor get hit by a car driven by another elderly neighbor last summer. The little girl had two broken legs and was in a wheelchair for a couple of months. Her dad went door to door showing the other kids in the neighborhood what her helmet looked like and said that the police & EMTs who responded said that the helmet literally saved the girl's life. Thanks for posting the reminder about bike safety and I'm glad you're ok! I work at a preschool/kindergarten. I just might take it in when school returns. I'll put it on a shelf behind my desk.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 1:08:28 GMT
Always. So glad to hear you're OK.
A friend of mine had a bad bike accident on Friday and smashed his helmet into four pieces, broke his arm in two places, broke two ribs, separated his shoulder, and has a ton of road rash. He's miserable right now, but without the helmet, he'd very literally be dead.
For the record, he was just taking a short ride in his neighborhood to visit a friend. A car didn't see him, pulled in front of him, he had to swerve to avoid hitting the car. He hit a ditch and was flipped off the bike.
ALWAYS wear a helmet, no matter how short the ride.
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Post by lumo on Jul 27, 2015 1:09:57 GMT
Same for riding a horse. I've had a helmet save my head twice after being thrown...the second time, the helmet actually cracked. Better that than my skull, though.
Glad you're okay, OP.
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 27, 2015 1:14:29 GMT
I agree (although I don't always wear one). I crashed and my helmet was flat where my head hit the concrete. I wrote Bell and they contacted me to send them the helmet for safety research/testing. AND they sent me a new helmet. ETA: I only contacted Bell to tell them that the helmet saved my head, not to complain that it was flat.
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Post by renateb on Jul 27, 2015 1:15:56 GMT
I agree (although I don't always wear one). I crashed and my helmet was flat where my head hit the concrete. I wrote Bell and they contacted me to send them the helmet for safety research/testing. AND they sent me a new helmet. hmm - never though to contact Giro.
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Post by deep on Jul 27, 2015 1:16:28 GMT
Thank you for the reminder, I've had 2 relatives in bike accidents this year. One was found on the side of the road by passers by because she was knocked out (no helmet)! She had a very long recovery. Another family member wasn't wearing his either and was just lucky that he missed hitting his head.
I was thinking that it seems that fewer kids are wearing them than in recent past. I'm hoping the helmet trend will bounce back!
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Post by evnimom on Jul 27, 2015 1:18:56 GMT
Glad you are OK. Hopefully, I will be bike riding very soon. Thanks for the warning.
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Post by ohiodianna on Jul 27, 2015 1:40:56 GMT
My daughter was thrown from a horse a month ago. She suffered a severe concussion and was wearing a helmet. The doctor said the helmet saved her life. Makes me sad to see so many of her friends still not wear a helmet. They are not high fashion but death is for ever. Thanks for the reminder.
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 27, 2015 1:41:04 GMT
I agree (although I don't always wear one). I crashed and my helmet was flat where my head hit the concrete. I wrote Bell and they contacted me to send them the helmet for safety research/testing. AND they sent me a new helmet. hmm - never though to contact Giro. You should. I just wrote a letter (this was before e-mail and the internet maybe 1992?) telling them about my crash and how I was all scraped up and bleeding, my thumb felt like it was broken (x-rays showed it wasn't but the doc did splint it) BUT my head was fine! They sent a pre paid UPS label and asked me to send my helmet to them for their R&D team. A month later a new one arrived at my door. Not sure if Giro will do the same.
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Post by raindancer on Jul 27, 2015 1:50:45 GMT
My son has a similar looking helmet after wiping out. He cut his face up, broke a tooth, and cracked the helmet. But his head was ok and no concussion. I really got after his friends after that, the ones that don't wear them. I am so glad I enforce that rule.
I'm really glad you are ok!
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Post by lucyg on Jul 27, 2015 1:58:33 GMT
My sister still has a little permanent brain damage from when she went over the handlebars on their tandem bike. Her helmet cracked on impact, she hit the ground so hard. No helmet = her head would have broken like an eggshell and she'd be dead now, or worse, a vegetable.
Always wear your helmet!!
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 27, 2015 2:00:50 GMT
Yikes! So glad you are ok.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 2:02:53 GMT
This thread reminds me I need to replace my helmet - when I switched to clip in pedals earlier this year, well, I had a few falls learning to get unclipped quickly, and the last one, my head bounced off the asphalt. Alas, I'm fine, thanks to the helmet.
Glad you are okay!
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Post by jayfab on Jul 27, 2015 2:04:22 GMT
Yikes, that could have been really bad. Thank goodness you're ok.
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Post by caangel on Jul 27, 2015 2:05:24 GMT
We had a little girl who's a neighbor get hit by a car driven by another elderly neighbor last summer. The little girl had two broken legs and was in a wheelchair for a couple of months. Her dad went door to door showing the other kids in the neighborhood what her helmet looked like and said that the police & EMTs who responded said that the helmet literally saved the girl's life. Thanks for posting the reminder about bike safety and I'm glad you're ok! I work at a preschool/kindergarten. I just might take it in when school returns. I'll put it on a shelf behind my desk. If you have trikes at school do your students wear helmets? My kids' preschool did but most did not. Each teacher had a large mesh bag with the helmets for their class. I always make my kids but on occasion I still find them not wearing it. Don't forget it is not just bikes, but scooters, roller skates, skate boards and even pogo sticks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 2:15:24 GMT
I'm glad your noggin is okay. I think it's a wonderful idea to take it to school. Not only will the kids see it, but other adults (who may not be as mindful about themselves wearing a helmet) may also see it. You could save a life.
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Post by LeaP on Jul 27, 2015 2:26:39 GMT
Glad you're OK. A helmet saved my husband. He flew over the handlebars and landed on his head. The helmet broke in two and he broke his thumb, but his head was fine. We have scads of helmets in the house for every occasion. One of these days I'll even pick up one of those rare opera helmets ...
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Post by Mystie on Jul 27, 2015 2:27:43 GMT
That could have been so bad. Glad you're okay, and thanks for the reminder!
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Post by ptamom on Jul 27, 2015 2:47:03 GMT
my teenaged son never learned to ride a bike. We attempted to teach him several times, but we could not get him to wear his helmet. No helmet, no ride. He outgrew the bike and we sold it. Since then, we tried to get him to learn on his older sister's bike, got him a new helmet, but he wouldn't wear it (he has sensory issues.)
So, while I feel bad that he never learned this very basic skill that is a rite of childhood, there was no way I was going to let him ride without a helmet.
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Post by newfcathy on Jul 27, 2015 2:52:23 GMT
Ski helmets save lives as well.
Ds cracked his helmet & goggles while skiing. Both were worth their weight in gold. Oddly enough the zipper on his parka also broke.
A friend's dd was coasting up to a vending machine at the bottom of the ski trail when she fell and hit the machine. She broke her nose & helmet, but not her head.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jul 27, 2015 3:24:45 GMT
When we had street bikes we had helmets. not I only have my spin bike. but we did wear them. My daughter was 4 when she got her first bike with training wheels and we got her a helmet and I felt that I can't ride a bike without one and expect her to ride a bike with one. So the three of us rode bikes with helmets.
I saw a little boy around 8 get hit by a car while riding his bike wearing a helmet and he died. it wasn't because of head injuries but it could have been. His injuries were more in the abdomen. I think daughter was in the 1st or 2nd grade when that happened and she was in the car with me but i don't think she saw that actual accident happen I think she just saw the boy laying on the ground. She was in the back seat and It was on the drivers side of the car a few cars in front of me.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 27, 2015 5:56:51 GMT
Am glad you are OK, OP.
Wear a helmet or risk becoming an organ donor. I can't believe that parents actually allow their children to ride bikes without wearing helmets. An afternoon working on a head injury unit would soon cure them of that particular piece of bad parenting.
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Jul 27, 2015 6:07:00 GMT
A playmate of my daughter's was hit and killed just down the street from his home while biking sans helmet. This was a kid that always wore a helmet and just happened to skip it that one terrible day. He was 8. Please don't skip wearing one, even if it's just a short trip.
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Post by JoP on Jul 27, 2015 6:21:08 GMT
I'm so glad you're ok
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Post by Grom Pea on Jul 27, 2015 6:28:28 GMT
Glad you're OK. A helmet saved my husband. He flew over the handlebars and landed on his head. The helmet broke in two and he broke his thumb, but his head was fine. We have scads of helmets in the house for every occasion. One of these days I'll even pick up one of those rare opera helmets ... Ha ha, i have one of those from the arcade at the Excalibur hotel in Las Vegas I'm glad op is all right!
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