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Jenifer Rubenach 7 years ago

Hit the ground hard with his head and slid - as most motorcyclists do when they come off at speed - if s/he hadn't been wearing a helmet, that would've been his/her scalp completely de gloved, and probably major damage to the underlying skull as well. Not to mention the probable brain bleed and skull fracture from the impact itself. Very possibly would've suffered critical blood loss from the scalp wound and potentially died from blood loss alone.

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N G 7 years ago

*scratches head, i don't know

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StarDust 7 years ago

Friction

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Jon Chevalier 7 years ago

dragged.

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Lyn Jennings 7 years ago

It could be that he came into contact with another vehicle, got trapped under the still moving vehicle and got dragged along the ground.

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Glynis Lailann 7 years ago

The wearer fell of his bike head first and scraped along the tarmac.

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Rod Ruger 7 years ago

let's see the rest of the riders body

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Brian Brunner 7 years ago

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Bridget Daniels Gambold 7 years ago

Ground skid burn. An unbelievably common injury in motor bike accidents. This also happens to your limbs!!!! The best form of protection is full thick leathers. I've nursed many motorcyclists with missing limbs due to them being shredded off whilst skidding across tarmac at speed. I cringe every time I see a young motorcyclist in shorts and T shirt!!!!!

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MartinTheVlogger 7 years ago

and flip flops :(((

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Heather 7 years ago

That would've been a quarter of your skull. Scary to think about what their head could've looked like.

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Michel M. Prins 7 years ago

This image should always be shown to those who underestimate the importance of a helmet.

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P.Brux FHell 7 years ago

This happened to me while riding my BICYCLE. I was not even going fast, but the impulse made me skid. My helmet had a puppy version of that. I was do glad I was wearing it.

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Philip Atkins 7 years ago

Many helmets are designed to absorb the impacts of a crash, and also act as a physical barrier to scuffs and scrapes that would otherwise kill a person

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Lalita 7 years ago

cannot believe that the helmet user didn't break his neck.

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Christopher Willi 7 years ago

This isn't necessarily caused by downward impact force, but instead by sliding friction. Perhaps worse as it tears the skin, and bone away... :(

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Stephanie Esparza 7 years ago

brain bucket

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Jason Klein 7 years ago

I've been on scene for three accidents in the last 12 months. I don't claim to know everything. BUT this looks like a belt sander, to an already damaged helmet

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Michael Jensen 6 years ago

Exactly... this is what a crashed helmet looks like. Crashed-He...7a2d2b.jpg

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Blane Erwin 7 years ago

I'll add another. My head bounced off the road after getting hit by a car. It's doubtful that I would have survived without a helmet. helmet-bus...d95008.jpg

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James Johnson 5 years ago

shut the f**k up

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Michael Jensen 6 years ago

Angle grinder- This was done indoors, purposely, and has been floating around for years but won't die. Look at other rider's helmets after an accident, and you'll never see one that looks like this. Google "crashed motorcycle helmet" and you'll see. Crashed-He...2b89c7.jpg

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Maggie Dougherty 7 years ago

That is almost sickening!!

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Maciej Ciemborowicz 7 years ago

Is he alive?

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Steve Ammerman 7 years ago

BS... somebody took a belt sander to it. At that angle the road rash would be the least of his worries, his neck would be broken.

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Puddin Tane 7 years ago

Imagine what would be left of your skull.

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jo_shortland 7 years ago

WTF !!!

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Phil L 7 years ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1j72st/discovered_just_now_that_my_brothers_helmet_from/

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Tracy Moorhead 7 years ago

Roads are hard, heads are not!

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Amelia Dubin 7 years ago

sad thing is not all Helmets can do enough to save lives...

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Art Jackson 1 year ago

Nothing can stop all possible scenarios from becoming lethal. but helmets do a whopping job of stopping most. I was thrown from my motorcycle in a fluke accident on a freeway that resulted in my -rolling- rather than -sliding- which meant my head impacted the road surface multiple times front/back/left/right as I went over a dozen times with such force I literally could not hold my arms into my body hard enough to stay tucked. So WHAM_WHAM_WHAM_WHAM_WHAM etc and I ended up with...a broken wrist and hand and a concussion. My body armor was shattered. The helmet was a mess. And the trauma room doc at the hospital where the ambulance took me could not believe I had been in a motorcycle accident until he saw my gear.

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Jim Sheeran 7 years ago

Takes skid lid a little too literally

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Christian Chojnacki 7 years ago

I thought this was a cake

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Echo 7 years ago

My brothers helmet and his head got stuck against the cars rear diff. Not as deep as that but kind of deal.

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Spirit Wolf 147 7 years ago

Maybe it got scraped on the road really hard and fast

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Jonathan Eatsalot 7 years ago

Must have fallen on an industrial belt sander and stayed perched there for a few minutes

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xayenowec 7 years ago

hhhhhh

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Sam Kunz 7 years ago

This is obviously fake. To achieve that kind of skid wear you would have to be on your head skidding at a high rate of speed with your legs straight up in the air. This was put on a belt sander

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Loren Halsey 7 years ago

This is faked. My helmet didn't loom like this after my motorcycle crash

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Chase Nickels 7 years ago

This was a test with a belt sander, y'all too gullible

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Matthew Ragan 7 years ago

He could have been flipped over the handle bars to cause this.

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Sarah Lord 7 years ago

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Bridget Daniels Gambold 7 years ago

This REALLY does happen to helmets (heads, arms, legs, etc) when motorcyclists skid across tarmac or concrete!!!! The effect really is the same as if you took an angle grinder to it!!! There is no need to fake this.

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Sophie G 7 years ago

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Bridget Daniels Gambold 7 years ago

That's not concrete it's ground down fibreglass!

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This Is Why We Wear Helmets All The Time

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Steffen Beth 7 years ago

Holy s***.....

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My Helmet Saved My Life

My face and head took the greatest impact with the tree. I took a direct hit in the face which lead the doctor to proclaim that I was lucky to be wearing a full-face helmet. It didn't crack, the visor didn't break. My cheek bones weren't crushed or bruised, my spine was fine, my neck was only slightly sprained, my teeth were intact!

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Raikō Ame 7 years ago

I'm guessing the nose took the impact?

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Daily Reminder To Wear A Helmet

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Raikō Ame 7 years ago

Wolverine? But Not The Wolverine.. 😏

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Helmet Saved My Life Yesterday. Got Hit By A Car Turning Left And Flew Into Windshield

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Mark Evans 7 years ago

Whenever I see a cyclist without a helmet. My first thought is "idiot".

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Orlando Police Shared This Photo On Twitter Showing Where A Bullet Struck An Officer's Helmet. The Officer's Life Was Saved Because Of The Helmet

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Steffen Beth 7 years ago

Not a daily hazard, but still very good reminder.....

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Helmets Saved Lives

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Tessa 7 years ago

How?!

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No Doubt This Helmet Saved A Friend From Serious Head Injury Or Death

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Spinaap 7 years ago

Yes, did this once, it didn't hurt me, the helmet took it all

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Daily Reminder To Wear A Helmet On The Snow

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Thanh Nguyen 7 years ago

Dat thumb

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Helmets Can Save Lives

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John L 7 years ago

That could almost pass for special art work.

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My Friend Works In A Ski Gear Shop And This Guy Came In Yesterday

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I❤️My cat 7 years ago

How the...

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#12

And This, Kids, Is Why We Wear Helmets When We Skateboard

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Onyx Axe 7 years ago

Looks like a long boarding accident

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I Keep Looking At This And Just.. Get A Bit Speechless Knowing How Much My Helmet Saved Me. Always Wear Your Gear

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Tracy Moorhead 7 years ago

That would have been deadly!

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The Helmet Of Our Patient After A Bicycle Crash (into A Wall At 80km Per Hour)!

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Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago

How on earth was the cyclist going 80km/h?!

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His Helmet Saved My Life When I Hit A Deer. Bike Is Gone But I'm Still Here!

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Lola Wallace 7 years ago

I know this might be insensitive but am I the only one that sees a jack skellington face in the scratches?

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This Is Why You Wear A Full Helmet. My Friend Was Hit By Someone Who Ran A Red Light. If He Had Wore A Skull Cap, He'd Have No Lower Jaw

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Venomous Sloth 7 years ago

Jesus...

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My Helmet Just Saved My Life

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Deneille Smith 7 years ago

from a shark?

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Fellow Riders, My Helmet Saved My Life This Weekend. I Would Have Been Hit In The Face With A Big Chunk Of Concrete

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Raikō Ame 7 years ago

That duct tape though

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Whoever Made The Cycle Helmet Saved Another Life Because Without It He Undoubtedly Would Have Died

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fluffy_ninja_owl 7 years ago

praying for this guy :(

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Always Wear A Helmet, Folks

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Sue Donim 7 years ago

why so i feel like im being stared at by an eye ?

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Your Life Isn't Worth You Wanting To Feel The Wind On Your Face

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Sam Bradshaw 7 years ago

This is the result of a courier van pulling out and knocking me off and hitting a concrete reservation face first at 60 mph and having the bike (Honda vtr 1000 firestorm) landing in me and then spending the next two and a half years in and out of 5 hospitals and alot of surgery and physio and psychological care

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Why Should You Wear A Full-face Helmet?

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Puddin Tane 7 years ago

Point taken.

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No Really, That Moment You Realize A Helmet Saved Your Life

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Tracy Moorhead 7 years ago

I used to hate those helmets...now I know how stupid that was!

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This Is An Easy Call...helmets Save Lives!

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Shauday Smith 7 years ago

this one was a face scrapper, protect your beautiful face!

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My Friend Has A Concussion After A Bike Accident. His Helmet Saved His Life. Wear Your Helmet!

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Flora Polvado 7 years ago

He still had a concussion with the helmet. Imagine if he hadn't been wearing one-major brain damage or even death.

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My Head And Faced Crushed The Windscreen

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Deneille Smith 7 years ago

Head-butts can do such damage

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Helmets Are Replaceable, Heads Are Not. Be Safe, Not Sorry

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A Boy's Bike Helmet Saved Him From Serious Injuries After A Crash, If Not Death

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Kay Nelson 7 years ago

I need a better helmet

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No Doubt Saved My Life

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Puddin Tane 7 years ago

Glad you're ok.

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Always Wear A Helmet, Folks

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The Helmet That Saved My Sister’s Life

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Tracy Moorhead 7 years ago

It doesn't even look like a helmet anymore!

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I Really Think Having A Good Helmet Saved My Life

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Wear Your Helmet

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GregW 7 years ago

Daaayum that had to hurt!

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So I Crashed An Atv In March Of This Year And This Helmet Saved My Life. Still Got A Pretty Bad Concussion Though

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My Kbc Vr2r That Saved My Life

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Pickles Driver 7 years ago

Such a good post, so many people don't take helmets seriously

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Ok Ha-Neul 7 years ago

Helmets are our friends so wear the goddamned things they're not there for decoration

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Daria B 7 years ago

I am a testimony of the helmet's life saving feature. My husband and I were on a bike trip to the sea and on our way back home, the back tire suddenly died, causing a motorcycle accident. A light one, thanks God, but equally dangerous and shocking. I remember the moment my helmet protected head hit the asphalt. I'd be literally dead without it. But with it? My husband got minor injurries and I just got light scratches and bruises. Another thing that saved me was the kind of bag that you wear around your hips. My lip balsm in the pocket was reduced to dust by the impact of the fall.

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-- 7 years ago

I thank the inventor of the helmet

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John Holden 7 years ago

My 22 YO son refused to wear a helmet cycling all his life… until I shared this post with him today. I am so relieved that he's decided not to risk his life any longer. Outstanding public service message! Thanks, Bored Panda.

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John L 7 years ago

Thank heavens for the lowly helmet, and the countless people saved from death or serious injury. :D

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Barrie May 7 years ago

Helmets are exceptionally important, but what about the rest of your body? Not much point having an intact brain, when the rest of you is smeared down the road after a nice long slide! I see way too many youtube vids of people in jeans and t-shirts at ridiculous speeds. No helmet will help. Come off at those speeds, it's all over. Here's me, in my usual kit... P4165721.jpg Looking like a Power Ranger isn't mandatory, but for the love of God, wear some leathers (or a vegetarian alternative, such as Cordura, Kevlar, Ballistic Nylon etc...) P4165721-5...5f3cb1.jpg

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Maamuu 7 years ago

Barrie... I second that 100 %. I had two major motorbike crashes. The first time I was run over by a guy sending an sms. The second time I collided full frontal in a Bmw. Both times I managed to crawl to the sidewalk by myself, in disbelief, just minor injuries. And I thank the helmets and the spine protectors I wore, because now I'm alive and I can walk, whereas 1 second before the accidents I thought I would die.

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Flora Polvado 7 years ago

This needs to be a PSA everywhere, especially in areas where helmets are not required by law

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Michel M. Prins 7 years ago

Amazing post! It's such a strange- and horrible thing to see so many people simply shrugging at the importance of using a helmet. People who actually get into an accident and get injured badly do not realize that it can lead to permenant damage or even death. Especially to those who think: "Nah, an accident won't happen to me". As downside extra: it can have a big negative impact to those who saw the accident and the family of the victim. And sometimes it can be easily prevented. By JUST using a helmet.

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Sophie G 7 years ago

imma wear one indoors now

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Nancy E 7 years ago

My husband wears a helmet mowing the backyard to deflect oncoming golf balls.

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Sophie G 7 years ago

yikez, shouldn't they install a net or something?

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tweetybird 7 years ago

the only thing i can say is wow

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person (i think) 7 years ago

A bike helmet saved my life too!

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Ignas Malgré 7 years ago

Where is the photo of Michael Shumacher ? Where the helmet was responsible for smashing a camera in his head and making him a life long plant ?

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AnnieLaurie Burke 7 years ago

So, you folks that are not going to hear a helmet or hard hat out of site/revolt against the government, your parents, your boss, or whoever -- there's an old saying about cutting off your nose to spite your face... How about bashing in your skull and dumping your brains on the floor to spite somebody? WEAR THE DAMNED SAFETY GEAR!!!!

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AnnieLaurie Burke 7 years ago

Dang, gotta change out my keyboard --"p" key sticks, others don't work consistently.

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George Dyte 7 years ago

Only helmets don't wear helmets

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Bhupendra Nayal 7 years ago

helmet for biker and seat belt for driver ..both save lives

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Puddin Tane 7 years ago

If people don't get the point or they still insist they "need to feel the wind in their hair", pray for their families. They can't have known they raised an idiot that thinks only of themselves.

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Patrick McKenna 7 years ago

disappointed no imperial stormtrooper helmets damage with a blaster.

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Pi... 7 years ago

Motorists who don't wear helmets probably don't think too much about their heads...

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Larry Bud Melman 7 years ago

With my full face moto helmet another plus is that I can sing in there and noby knows it, plus great accoustics. I also dig not getting chapped lips.

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Israel Martinez 7 years ago

This reminds me of the kick to the head Crazy Joe Davola gave Kramer that ended up denting the helmet ...

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Brigitte 7 years ago

This made me think of Michael Schumacher. It's so horrible his helmet didn't help him at all.

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jay pea 6 years ago

maybe don't ride motorcycles?

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Tony Franklin 7 years ago

crock of s**t, helmets for cycling have being proven to be detrimental not just to safety but to freedom of choice and also induces victim blaming. cycle helmets are too flimsy and don't do sick otherwise the stats would have picked this up. They simply don't, you only need look at the effects in Australia and NZ when they introduced compulsion for all ages to see the negative effects!

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Shannon Lynch 7 years ago

I tend to run into things, so therefore I need a walking Helmet!!!

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Brian Yanke 7 years ago

looks like harley davidson is more of a status symbol whether or not you can hadle riding one is not even a concern size for your ability and never never never drink and ride reaction time is hard without drinking be safe keep it on 2 wheels and upright

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Carol Taylor 7 years ago

I'm an Aussie..its mandatory here in Oz to wear helmets when Cycling/riding/skating all of them..so you can understand my shock/horror when l visited the States last trip and saw motorcyclist's get'n around on motorbikes wearing only singlets, thongs (flip flops) and NO BLOODY HELMETS...they really dont care about themselves and the family members who'll be caring for their vegetable state bodies after a crash..

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Sarah Wyszynski 7 years ago

My husband was in a motorcycle crash his helmet did not save his life. His helmet when flying off into a tree.

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Luke Heironimus 7 years ago

Just because the helmets scratched or beaten up doesn't mean you would have died if you hadn't had one on.

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Jazmine Mullaney 7 years ago

I have been in one really bad motorcycle accident my boyfriend at the time was driving he went to turn and bam out of no where a car hits is he flew off the bike about a foot away me I was lucky I only got a mean road rash and a broken arm his helmet and mine both saved our life's his specially if his helmet wasn't on when he hit the wall he would have been gone

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Wayn Yarboro 7 years ago

I am thankful that I was wearing a helmet when I was in an accident on my motorcycle on 3/8/17. I got a broken leg, broken collar bone, 9 fractured ribs, and fractured sternum. I only received a few light scratches on my face. After seeing the damage to my helmet, I was thankful that I was wearing it because there were several signs of direct impact to my head...upper and lower front and sides. This accident happened right after I got off of work and was about 2/10mi from where I turned onto the road to head home. The vehicle I hit decided to cross traffic in front of me and from what I was told, I almost t-boned them in the driver's side.

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Scott Peck 7 years ago

Read this on a poster in a Honda dealership: "If you have a $10.00 head wear a $10.00 helmet".

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Leonardo Sah 7 years ago

How a helmet saved my life once: I used to have a girlfriend and she was a bore. I was supposed to give her a ride after work so I brought my spare helmet. She found a long hair which was clearly not hers and broke up with me. If it wasn't for this incident we should probably be married by now. Btw, hair was my mom's

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Leonardo Sah 7 years ago

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Leonardo Sah 7 years ago

How a helmet saved my life once: I used to have a girlfriend and she was a bore. I was supposed to give her a ride after work, so I brought my spare helmet. She found a long hair which was clearly not hers and broke up with me. If it wasn't for this incident, we should probably be married by now.

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Wombat34 7 years ago

An even better idea would be to not ride bicycles in traffic and not ride motorcycles at all. Both are reckless insanity.

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Luis 7 years ago

I am another helmet's thankful person. The attached picture shows the helmet that saved my life. I was hang gliding and I nobody knows what happened (nobody saw it) but the accident left me 2 weeks in coma with serious injuries. DSC_0527-5...c1c926.jpg

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Nony Pestejo 7 years ago

I never ride my big bike without a helmet. I had one accident that broke the chin and forehead of the helmet without any head injury. The latest was an accident that left me 7 broken bones, with just a scratch on my head because my helmet was removed at mid-air after the impact because it was not properly locked.

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GlassOfWater 7 years ago

If you don't wear a helmet while riding a bicycle or motorbike in Australia, you are breaking the law.

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Platon Mitology 7 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhFM6Ieh058

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Pickles Driver 7 years ago

Such a good post, so many people don't take helmets seriously

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Ok Ha-Neul 7 years ago

Helmets are our friends so wear the goddamned things they're not there for decoration

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Daria B 7 years ago

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-- 7 years ago

I thank the inventor of the helmet

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John Holden 7 years ago

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John L 7 years ago

Thank heavens for the lowly helmet, and the countless people saved from death or serious injury. :D

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Barrie May 7 years ago

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Maamuu 7 years ago

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Flora Polvado 7 years ago

This needs to be a PSA everywhere, especially in areas where helmets are not required by law

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Michel M. Prins 7 years ago

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Sophie G 7 years ago

imma wear one indoors now

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Nancy E 7 years ago

My husband wears a helmet mowing the backyard to deflect oncoming golf balls.

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Sophie G 7 years ago

yikez, shouldn't they install a net or something?

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tweetybird 7 years ago

the only thing i can say is wow

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person (i think) 7 years ago

A bike helmet saved my life too!

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Ignas Malgré 7 years ago

Where is the photo of Michael Shumacher ? Where the helmet was responsible for smashing a camera in his head and making him a life long plant ?

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AnnieLaurie Burke 7 years ago

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AnnieLaurie Burke 7 years ago

Dang, gotta change out my keyboard --"p" key sticks, others don't work consistently.

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