08-20-2006, 04:07 PM
[quote mrbigstuff]read this, you will be better-informed:
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/gearbo...et_review/
OMG, someone is finally addressing the duh! part of making helmet material hard as rocks, where in fact, they should be softer, softer, softer.
Thanks for that link, mrbigstuff. I'm just amazed that it's taking this many years for someone to come out and realize, "Hard helmets don't prevent as many injuries as one with a soft interior." What helmets need is soft padding, to slowly absorb the G forces. Not rock-hard material that is designed solely to not crack in an accident. Kudos to that site for waking up the issue.
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/gearbo...et_review/
OMG, someone is finally addressing the duh! part of making helmet material hard as rocks, where in fact, they should be softer, softer, softer.
Thanks for that link, mrbigstuff. I'm just amazed that it's taking this many years for someone to come out and realize, "Hard helmets don't prevent as many injuries as one with a soft interior." What helmets need is soft padding, to slowly absorb the G forces. Not rock-hard material that is designed solely to not crack in an accident. Kudos to that site for waking up the issue.