BIKE HELMETS.....Do YOU wear one??
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Tomorrow i'm picking up a mountain bike from my boss, and it's guaranteed that i'll be sporting one.0
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me and my wife used to not, but as we have encountered many close calls and jerks on the road it has become manditory for everyone in our house0
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me and my wife used to not, but as we have encountered many close calls and jerks on the road it has become manditory for everyone in our house
Sounds like a good rule...I think I'lll start it in my house as well.0 -
I just crashed tonight. Feels like my ribs are broke and can't put weight on my hip but hit my head on the road very hard. Cracked my helmet in 2 places. I feel i would of taken a helicopter ride as well without a helmet. ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET!. This happened only 3/4 of a mile from home. Even short rides needs one!0
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Absolutely and it is against the law in my state to ride a bike without one!0
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Yes I do. I make my children wear one so only think it is fair. Plus I don't trust people driving to watch out for people on bikes.0
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I am a TBI (traumatic brain injury) survivor from a car accident in '89 so there is NO WAY I would ever get on my bike without my helmet. Yes, they are not the most fashionable things out there - but who needs fashion when it can save your life.
It is also a law in California for anyone under 18, yet I see a lot of young kids riding around our HOA without them. My husband is a deputy & it was time for the shift change, so I knew where I could find some deputies & drove over there. I talked with one that I knew & explained what I saw. I then asked him if he could wait a few minutes & then come to our HOA. I went home & soon saw him stopping one of the kids, putting the bike in the trunk of his car & the kid in the front & drive off. He wasn't taking the kid to jail, he took him home & turned him over to his mom. I now see the same kid riding with a helmet. I'm just hoping that the kid will pass the word along to his friends about what happened.0 -
My father was in a bike accident and was severely injured. The doctors showed him his helmet and said if not for the helmet that would have been his head, G-d forbid. His helmet saved his life.
Edit to add: A few years back my uncle who was an avid biker was in a SEVERE bike accident involving an 18 wheeler truck. He is paralyzed from his waist down. He has had many complications health wise due to the accident. I cant imagine what could have happened if not for his helmet.
ALWAYS wear a helmet. It has saved many lives of people close to me.0 -
I always do and my daughter too. My husband does not.:embarassed: Even though, he always makes our daughter wear hers when they go out together.0
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Always. Mine's super cute, too.
http://www.amazon.com/Nutcase-Watermelon-Helmet-Small-Medium/dp/B004XYISNU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347237641&sr=8-1&keywords=watermelon+helmet
Honestly, I don't understand why someone wouldn't wear one.0 -
Nope I never wore one as a kid so I don't even think of it now. But if you feel the need to wear one its up to you. To each there own. Good Luck with your decision.0
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Always. My view is ... proper equipment for the sport I'm participating in. I also wear a full face helmet, leathers, boots and so on when motorcycling. Helmets are optional here but not when I'm riding.
Just falling over can create significant forces to injury the brain.0 -
I always, always ALWAYS, wear a bike helmet. I have inadvertently latched my fingers over the front brakes going downhill....long story- but regardless, I cracked my helmet. Could've been my head. I don't care who you are, or how long you've been riding. Accidents happen. And they are called accidents cause they are not on purposes. No one plans for them to happen. SO...there's my soap box0
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Yes, yes, and yes! I always wear a helmet! I put too much money and time into my schooling (undergrad plus law school) and I refuse to be "too fashionable" to keep my brain in place!
ALWAYS!!0 -
I do. I ride to work once or twice a week, and really worry about injuries if I get hit by a driver not paying attention. I see no reason to not wear a helmet. What's the benefit of not wearing one?0
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I wear my seat belt, and If I rode a bike, i would wear a helmet. any kind of bike. there you go. And if you ride a bike and or motor cycle,please ride wearing BRIGHT COLORS, If you are not a bike rider, but a motorist... LOOK TWICE.0
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Never. Helmets are for dorks. I've never seen anybody at the gym wearing a helmet in the stationary bike area.
On the other hand, if I owned a mobile bicycle, I would certainly wear a helmet. I figure, yeah, it looks stupid, but it looks a lot less stupid than leaving my little girl to take care of her damaged mama for the rest of her life, or worse yet, without a mama and living with her alcoholic cokehead *kitten* loser biodad that can't be bothered to cut her a check for swimming lessons. Wait, how did he show up here??
Hahahahaha whaaaat? I think OP *was* talking about on "mobile" bikes. It is for sure dorky to wear a helmet on a stationary bike unless you have a medical condition that necessitates wearing a helmet always.
Tee hee. I know. Sometimes my humor is easy to grasp and sometimes I miss the mark. From my post, I'm a little surprised that a medical condition wasn't already assumed. :P0 -
NOPE, not even on a motorcycle. It takes some of the thrill out of it... the wind in my hair... sun on my face...0
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Yes! I wasn't crazy about the idea at first, but it is necessary. A friends 16 year old son hit a sewer cover and crashed his
Bike. No helmet. He had a traumatic brain injury, missed most of the school year, and had short term memory
Issues. Not worth it!0 -
When I was 18, a very elderly woman that could not see well and was not supposed to be driving, drove her car right into me when I was on my bike and almost killed me. I was injured badly and she came extremely close to driving over my head the witnesses explained (I guess a helmet wouldn't have allowed me to survive that). But, yes, I always wear a helmet!!! Why risk a brain injury?0
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