Hahaha, awesome. A friend of mine did the same thing sliding helmet-face down along a sidewalk. hahaha

As for the Rommate (who I'm sure by now takes it personally and will disagree no matter what logic we use...) I offer the following links to continue to support helmets...

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/809908.PDF

http://www.saferoads.org/issues/fs-H...epealGraph.pdf

http://www.saferoads.org/issues/fs-helmets.htm

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Rulemaking/Articles/Associated%20Files/03%20Motorcycle%20Helmet%20Use.pdf

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/de...lmetfacts.html

http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1589_1711_4587-13677--,00.html

Etc, Etc, Etc. I'll toss out more if that would help any.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, even when facts stare them in the face. Anybody can find anything they want to "back up" whatever they want to say, so it just goes in a loop. Sometimes, like in this case, one side just has a lot more evidence on it's side. I think seatbelts GENERALLY save lives, but there's always exceptions. Same with Helmets. I think they save lives and needless pain (I've been hit AT A STOP LIGHT in the head by a rock hard enough to move my head that was thrown up from a passing car), but I'm sure there's been an exception there too. Like that other guy a few posts back said about his gloves ripping at his skin after they'd worn down on the pavement some. They hurt him a little, but he'd been much worse off without it.

And... on that note! Here's another great idea!

 

id prefer my helmet to look like those messed up ones as opposed to my head looking like that... WEAR A HELMET

 

I can't believe this topic is even being debated...but then again, people used to think putting mercury in hats was a good thing, hiding under a desk in a nuclear blast was a good thing, randomly killing people suspected of witchcraft was a good thing...

 

First off let me say i wear myjock strapall the time and dont plan to change. My roomate argues though that he read a statistic that saysjock strapscause more harm inhits over 20 mph then they do good. Can any one show me any information to support that? Wow, lets see how long we can keep this rediculustopic going-

 

One more vote for the friend is an idiot theory. What would you expect though. He rides a Kawasaki.

 

SIMPLE FACT OF LIFE: If a person feels a certain way about something (I.E. opposed to helmets) they will ignore the massive amount of data and evidence that contradict them and not only believe, but use for argument any single unsupported claim generated by unreputable sources that agrees with their opinion. He probably did read that somewhere...I also read today that horny school girls want to have sex with me right now. The drawback of the information age is that it came in a package deal with the misinformation age. Most of us are smart enough to see through the BS...your roomate isn't.

 

i love lamp.




and helmets

 

I just got a new helmet cause I love helmets so much!....wow...random movie quote, "I bet she gives great helmet!"

 

^space *****!?!?!?

 

Word!!!