Poll: Is Wearing a Bike Helmet Worth it?
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Bikes or Motorcycles?
If on a motorcycle, always. If on a bicycle only if you plan on potentially getting hurt(Doing stunts), or if you are riding in traffic.
If on a motorcycle, always. If on a bicycle only if you plan on potentially getting hurt(Doing stunts), or if you are riding in traffic.
Well you should totally let your insecurities over how you look dictate your safety.RootbeerJello said:
I mean, what more important: A life saved from serious head trauma, or looking cool?
/sarcasm.
Who cares how it looks?
As someone who has had a family member fight through ABI (Acquired Brain Injury), I'd wear a pink helmet with 'My Little Pony' on the side. If the guy is so idiotic as to write them off because he thinks he looks silly, then he isn't smart enough to ride the bike in the first place.
Not to mention the fact that helmets come in a ridiculous variety of styles.
Get something you think looks cool.
I dont ride bikes, the reason is because the last time I rode a dirt bike, I crashed into a a log lying in high grass. I didnt fly off, luckily, but if I had, well... I wouldnt be writing this right now. So, if it does make you look like a fag, better to look like a fag than be brain dead...
know what? why are we arguing if it's worth it? it's like 20 bucks or sumthin for one, takes a good 10 seconds to put on, seriously, what are you losing by wearing one, there are badass helmets, and the extra protection can save your life, it's saved mine, so really, if only good can come of it, why the fuck not?
I don't wear one, but the price of looking 'faggy' is a small one if it keeps your head together in the event of an accident.
Also get better friends with more expansive vocabularies.
Also get better friends with more expansive vocabularies.
<image width=200>http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg99/andrew_the_aler/album1/dos-equis-beer.jpgJark212 said:
Fixed for you.
I don't ride a bike but rollerblade and wear a helmet doing so.
What about when you hit the ground? Your head is going to be slamming into it like the rest of your does when you fall. Your body is fairly durable and is able to heal when it gets hurt. If your brain gets hurt then you are basically screwed. You can break bones, fracture ribs, and pull muscles and keep truckin'. If you fracture your skull you are probably suffering irreversible brain damage and possibly going unconscious.Konrad Curze said:
what complicated helmet are you wearing that takes 10 seconds to put on?Uzigawa said:
Where I live, you get a coupon for a free ice cream at Dairy Queen if you wear your helmet and are seen by the police. But if you are seen by the police and you aren't wearing your helmet, you pay money. Hmmm...
i can attest to this, seriously, forgetting an entire day is not fun, i have no idea what happened, and i now have a dent in my forehead...so ya, luckily the helmet was there, i'd be dead or a veggie if i didnt have a great helm of +1 fuck yacrudus said:
I hate your friend already, he has no arguement and can only say words like "******" to make anything he says sound the tiniest bit credible. He sounds like people i meet in cod over xbox live. Show him some of the newer helmets and ask why it makes you look like a fag.RootbeerJello said:
Ironically i dont wear my helmet sometimes, mostly due to lazyness more than anything.
I was riding my bike at night and some construction workers had dug a hole in the street during the day on my normal bike rout home. I ended up going over my handle bars in a most inconvenient way. The thing I remember most about my fall was the side of my head hitting the edge of the curb. I was wearing my helmet which took the force of the impact instead of my temple. All things considered, looking like a fag is a small price to pay for not lying unconscious in the middle of the street.
I screwed my face up pretty badly about ten years ago in a bike accident. Woulda been worse without it. However, I must point out that I didn't vote "yes" but with with "usually" because there are some accidents where you're just dead. No save, no nothing. Youget hit and are instantly dropped to -10.MelasZepheos said:
To me they look awesome, here In Illinois we don't have lid laws so I don't see anybody with a helmet most of the time, I think there should be more laws for extra precaution, even though there are situations where It would'nt be much help, there are many where It would, when Your friend rips his face off skidding along road maybe he'll look like a "fag".