STUDY: Open-face helmets offer as much protection as no helmet

[Erik Gamache]

http://www.motorbiketimes.com/feature/gear/helmets/study-open-face-helmets-offer-as-much-protection-as-no-helmet-$21383483.htm

[Flay]

Not a huge sample, and only from one source (outpatient).

Saying that no helmet is the same as an open face... not buying it.



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[Matt/ Angel City Studios]

I got 100+ stitches and multiple skull fractures... Open face helmets are bullshit. 

-matt

[Wook]

Anecdotally, I agree with Matt.  Certainly a full casket saved most of my brain (and all of my face) from my worst accident,

and I know other people who have had their lives changed for the worst with limited protection.

    Love,

             Wook

[Flay]

I'm hip on the full gear. I have it all when I ride. From head to toe.
And think everybody should do the same.

I was objecting to the conclusion that if you're not wearing a
full-face helmet, you might not want to bother at all (as outcomes are
the same with no protection). Not buying it, or the study's validity
on that point.

[Andrew Spurbeck]

Can you do this with an open-face helmet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dONyv-Cwkoo

-=Andrew