Helmet design, standards, and protection.

[b.walker5]

.... State of Missouri has officialy repealed the manadatory helmet law! Anyone over the age of 21 is no longer required to wear a helmet in MO, ....

Unbelievable... and I thought our lawmakers were F***ed in the Head.

[Montreux_Blue]

This guy must be over 21 and live in Missouri!

I think these guys would be just fine in an accident, they are wearing a helmet..........

[BlackD1114]

I posted this same link when the 'What Kind Of Helmet Do You Wear' thread was going on, but it got kind of buried in the middle of the thread and not many people noticed it.

Sorry crazy steve, I guess I was one of those that missed it.

Hey Montreux_Blue, the last picture is missing the fact that the guy appears to be riding in the shoulder

[Montreux_Blue]

Hey Montreux_Blue, the last picture is missing the fact that the guy appears to be riding in the shoulder

That would be the passing lane for a crotch rocket!

[crazy steve]

Actually, he did crash after passing out due to extreme shaking. His brain basically got rattled. I don't think the helmet contributed. It was his brain bouncing off his skull that did him in.

Eric Medlen's 'crash' consisted of idling downtrack after he lost conciousness and eventually scraping up against the guardrail; the majority of car damage was due to the tire.

And yes, his brain got 'rattled' and subjected to extreme g-forces. But unless I completely mis-read that article, isn't that one of the main functions of a helmet? To help reduce those g-forces? That's something the Snell helmets appear to be particularly poor at doing. Would a DOT-only helmet have saved Medlen's life? Probably not, but it may have improved his chances....

'78E original owner

[CatatonicBug]

I just heard on the news tonight that the State of Missouri has officialy repealed the manadatory helmet law! Anyone over the age of 21 is no longer required to wear a helmet in MO, unless they are travelling on an interstate highway. I don't get it... People just WANT to die?

I guess I was mistaken on this previous post... Turns out, the state Senate passed it, but on 7/2/09, the Governor vetoed the repeal, keeping the mandatory helmet law intact in MO.