Ridecamp: [RC] Helmets

Yup, it was, like a week ago.  This thread has gone on along time.  I wear a 
helmet, my husband doesn't.  I have many friends who wear them,  and in 
addition to my husband, I have two friends who don't.  The ones who don't 
wear them state comfort and looks for not wearing them.  I have one friend 
who actually has the a reason that she doesn't wear one that actually makes 
sense (sort of), it throws off her balance when she wears one.  At hunter 
paces (we are in New England - all the rave here in the fall), she props one 
on her head, and doesn't latch the straps.  She meets the spirit of the 
requirement for a helmet, but it is a sight watching that thing bob all over 
her head.

I wish I could get my husband to wear a helmet, but he is a cowboy and will 
only ride in a cowboy hat.  The funny part is that he doesn't want me to 
ride without one.  But he rides only very well broke horses, and I tend to 
ride and train difficult horses.

I am torn on the personal freedom issue with this though.  I believe people 
should have the choice to do whatever they want, until their choice 
infringes on my choices.  When you choose to ride without a helmet and are 
injured, your medical care increases the costs to my insurance premiums.  
However, there are those who sit in their houses watching TV and claim that 
my riding, even with a helmet, puts me at increased risk for injury, thereby 
increasing the cost of their insurance.  I say that sitting in front of a TV 
increases your risk for a heart attack or stroke, and increases the cost of 
my insurance.  So who is right?  I'll continue to wear my helmet, and I 
would love to hear from the people who said that wearing a helmet causes 
injuries.

Carolyn Burgess


----Original Message Follows----
From: "amber applegate" <amber.apple@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC]   [RC] Helmets
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:43:32 -0700

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 -0700
>
>  > 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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