ouch; much or any damage to yourself?
"If it saves even one life". unless it discommodes people in cars.
To be fair, stray debris because an issue for a collision of a family car at say 100km/hour too.
They should along with wearing helmets, it would save lives.
This helmet probably saved my life earlier this year. I was impressed by the spherical technology as the outer layer socket snapped off cleanly saving my noggin.
You're initial post (quoted above) seemed to be suggesting that the reason for helmets in motorsports was because the head was out in the open. Rally car drivers heads are not in the open
Rally cars also have roll cages, and 5 point harness systems. Should all car drivers also have these installed in their cars?
I think you've just proven Andrew's point for him. Whilst helmets are beneficial in a professional/racing capacity, they can be overkill for normal daily use.
Why do you think they do neck strengthening exercises and the rest of us don't. I don't see tires flying around on the road or carbon fibre.
Are rally drivers not racing drivers, they race yeah? Stray debris is a big thing for rally drivers
Or another way; is there a single form of Motorsport where the driver does not need a helmet?
What about World Rally Championships?
So you're saying that taking part in top competitive events is completely different to everyday usage, gotcha.
Well f1 and indy head is in the open. Now racing drivers wear helmets as the head moves around erratically at those speeds and more likely to be puncture by debris at that speed.
Sad life if your looking at a picture of Orla and what you are noticing is her headgear.
I'd be like others - wear one when I'm going for a spin, don't bother if I'm nipping to the shops in civvies. Bicycle helmets are designed for single impact of falling off (as in average runners daughter's case below), rather than the usual collision with someone driving a vehicle where it is multi-impact.
Why do Pro's have to wear them? Well in part it was a knee jerk reaction, part because some countries made it mandatory for racing, and now because it's serious sponsorship for the sport. It wasn't a groundswell of evidence.
Good article by Orla Chennaoui.
Sh1ts and giggles I presume
Why do professional drivers wear crash helmets and fire retardant suits?
An interesting thing here though, any safety professional worth their salt will tell you PPE is the last ditch attempt to make an activity acceptable in terms of risk. Cycling is more than acceptable in terms of risk without it in most scenarios, hence why if you done a risk assessment properly, you'd find the need for a helmet would not really come into it.
Seen a lad stopped for cycling on the pavement in Wexford the other day. Over the moon as he was dropping me with ease. It was south of the town with no pedestrians so no real danger but good to see it was being enforced.
Actually, there are several, maybe not using your evocative language but at a population level, wearing helmets and not wearing helmets makes no noticeable difference to head injuries.
I didn't really. I am being responsible for my safety and my decision is not putting someone at risk.
What your statement is doing is still putting the onus for my safety on me and ignores the reality that because we've allowed a piss poor level of road traffic enforcement to develop, people driving feel that they can treat me on a bike with disdain knowing that they will get away with it. If I did choose to report them, there is a very high probability that nothing will happen because I didn't die or something.
You are assuming that everyne else will drive with due care and attention when we know that they are allowed not to.
You left a bit of my comment out.
"IMO we are all responsible for our own personal safety. As long as your decision doesn't put someone else at risk, then do what you want."
IMO we are all responsible for our own personal safety.
That is a widely incorrect statement because it ignores the fact that while one can do everything to protect their personal safety, they cannot get others to follow suit. This is why some drivers will deliberately take chances with my safety because they are prioritising their convenience (or in some cases it is just plain old malice).
Like the gardai I saw cruise through the amber-turning-red lights on my lunch break a few minutes ago? Nobody gives a s**t about road safety, if we're honest. Which is what p!sses cyclists off about being lectured to by motorists, the RSA and the Gardai.
If we're holding up pro cycling as the gold standard of safety for the rest of us, you probably don't want to consider the requirements for F1, Rallycross or any other professional motor sport...
IMO we are all responsible for our own personal safety. As long as your decision doesn't put someone else at risk, then do what you want.
If helmet / hi-viz requirements were introduced tomorrow, how long would it be before it stopped being enforced regularly ? I rememeber seeing a good few commuters being stopped for a few weeks after the cycling specific fines came in, but I haven't seen it happen since. Do others see cyclists being stopped at all ?
I'd much rather see the Gov put focus on highly visible and consistant enforcement of the existing regulations relating to all road users. However that will involve an increase in the number of Gardai (and a kick up the hole for the existing ones that don't bother enforcing the current laws :D), so unlikely to happen.
Why do professional cyclists wear them or have to wear them?
Comparing racing cycling - where average speeds would probably be more than double the average commuting cyclist speed - while also doing so in bunch sprints, etc., is not a comparison which stretches very far. Like comparing mandatory safety equipment used in Motorsport which is not required in a family car.
Most people won't argue that if you're going to hit your head, that you'd be better off without a helmet than with one. The question is that is the focus on them while cycling (which has to be the only everyday activity where wearing one is considered de rigeur by the public at large) justified?
Anecdotally speaking, I know more people who died of head injuries while hillwalking than I know who suffered the same fate cycling (the number of people I know is one, FWIW). And I know more cyclists than I do hillwalkers. And I'm certainly not arguing that hillwalkers should wear helmets.
I know a helmet saved my daughter from a serious dash on her head when she fell off and hit the curve.
They do offer protection, but not going to protect you from eveything.
All of these pedestrian fatalities were as a result of head injuries that could have been prevented by wearing a helmet ? Do you have anything to support your claim ? If so, you should be going to the media and Gov highlighting it. Fair play to you for putting all that work in. Very impressive.
*added "pedestrian" to clarify which fatalities I was referring to.
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