Helmet Wars! Religion

September 13th, 2010 Delusions, God, Helmet Wars!, Religion, Weird

3 comments to Helmet Wars! Religion

• Crosbie Fitch

  September 15, 2010 at 10:53 am · Reply

  Armour can spawn a subconscious feeling of invulnerability and persuade people to takes risks that increase the chances of serious injury. Compare Rugby with (armoured) American Football.

  It obviously depends on context (wear a helmet if a head collision is likely), but for competent cyclists in busy traffic, accident avoidance tactics (behaviour, visibility and attention) are far more important than crash survival tactics (armour). Many people get killed by lorries turning over them at junctions due to unsafe positioning (helmets do not help here).

  I see far too many cyclists with helmets, but poor visibility clothing and lighting.

• Ben Buck

  July 15, 2011 at 4:11 pm · Reply

  Helmets ruined hockey. The Original Six did not wear helments and the game was better– fights were better– passing was better because you have a wider range of vision. Less cheap shots and blindsides!

• T

  October 2, 2013 at 7:38 am · Reply

  I have more faith in the helmet.