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I happen to be a nurse. I have seen too much carnage from what not wearing a helmet can lead too. So, with that in mind I make the CHOICE to wear one. I don't preach nor do berrate those that don't. I wear a full face on the highway/interstate and a half helmet in town. This is my choice.

 

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I see patients all the time after bike accidents
At high speeds you will usually die with or without a helmet, BUT in a low speed accident
the helmet can save your life.
Please use your helmet!!!!!!!!
Dr. B

Fortunately we do live in a society where you can make a choice where is it allowed. But then again as I type this I realize that freedom of choice doesn't exist in the arguement about whether to wear a helmet or not. The reason I say it doesn't exist is that with some states making it unlawful not to wear a helmet and some states saying do what you want. There is no choice. I agree totally with freedom of choice about wearing a helmet.

However, as a healthcare worker, I encourage you to think about what a helmet may do for you in an accident.

 

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Never....... and maybe it will secure your job.

Good point. It does create job security.

 

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I am very sorry to hear about your friends. I couldn't begin to give you stats about accidents. That wasn't my point anyway. Isn't kind of logical that if you are in an accident that a helmet would protect your head much better than your hair or a ball cap? Am I way off base with this line of thinking?

I still feel that it should be a freedom of choice.

 

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Of course it's logical. But that wasn't MY Point anyway.

My point is, why does the Medical community ignore the source of the Overwhelming majority of head injuries in this country but target Motorcycle head injuries ?

Can someone please explain this to me. And yes, I do have the Stats laying around here, in ABATE of Illinois literature ( which is in fact working hard to get FREEDOM for Bikers Nationally, not just in Illinois ) . Please dont make me start digging for that crap.

Unfortunately the Medical community tends to be a bunch of pansy alarmist (no offense to anyone this is just an over all observation). Therefore being an alarmist we are going to point out that which is most obvious and critic it. Hence, you see plenty of safety warnings about wearing bicycle helmets (which as a motorcyclist you could cleverly argue that a bicycle is a hundred more times dangerous). You also see "us" (that's collective) criticing the motorcyclists not wearing helmets. We are highly visible.

 

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Hey, I rode a 50cc Yamaha Moped for a lot of years without a helmet. Got the scars on my body to prove that I laid it down a number of times. And when I was kid I rode bike without a helmet. I would probably ride without a helmet but my mom, who I try to keep happy even when I am 34, was a Neuro intensive care nurse in San Francisco and dad was a doctor so I try to keep mom happy. Not a big deal to me either way. I don't have a deficits in my peripheral vision with a full face helmet. I may change my position come summer. I have been off of motorcycles for a few years. I will have to see but I have a helmet in case that is the way I choose to go.

Thealien I didn't know that about kids and bicycles. Hell, my friend was showing off to his kids on his mountain bike and he went over the handle bars and broke his arm. I still give him sh*t about that.

Anyway, like your sig says "Ride like you're invisible."

 

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Good article. Ride safely.