Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] Helmets

Mea Culpea! I guess I missed the thread that says that people are killed because of wearing helmets. Was that said?

amber (this has been a long thread)

 

 

 

> Amber:
> 
> When I said "it does't happen", I 
said someone killed BECAUSE they had the 
> helmet on, not killed with a 
helmet on.  I know that helmets don't protect 
> from everything, but 
they do not cause injury, if worn properly.  The girl 
> riding my 
Paint was almost killed, they took her off the property in a 
> 
helicopter, and she was wearing a helmet.  But her injury is one of the 
ones 
> that a helmet is not good at protecting from.
> 
> The 
point to this was that those who wear helmets have reasons, protection 
> 
of there head being the major reason.  Those who don't wear them also have 
> reasons, but not wearing one because it can cause injury has not been 
> supported.
> 
> Carolyn Burgess
> 
> 
> 
----Original Message Follows----
> From: "amber applegate" <amber.apple@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
To: "Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx>,<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
Subject: Re: [RC]   Helmets
> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:17:37 
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> 
>  > For those of you who are against wearing 
helmets for safety reasons, I'd
>  > like to hear about the person 
killed or severely injured because they had 
> a
>  > helmet 
on. You don't give examples because it doesn't happen.
> 
> Carolyn, 
be careful of statements like saying "It doesn't Happen" sorry to 
> be a 
wet noodle, but I don't like generalized statements. First off, have 
> 
you any data that suggests that it doesn't happen? Secondly, I was given my 
> first TWH because the owner was killed in a riding accident from head 
> injuries and she was wearing a helmet. Freak happening? Perhaps. Or her 
time 
> was up. But this happened in Ashland, Oregon a few years 
ago.
> 
>    I'd like to here from those of you that are 
saying that helmets
>  > are dangerous and specifics as to why 
they are dangerous.Well, I would 
> like to hear that one too.
> 
amber
>  >
>  > Carolyn Burgess
> 
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