Study shows fewer than half of Thailand’s motorcycle users wear helmets

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, Fred white said:

It's freedom of choice I don't ride here but in the states if I was in a state without a helmet law I removed mine even in my home state of Georgia all I wore was a small helmet that wasn't dot certified when you bought the helmet they gave you a sticker to put in it

Try the following.

With your helmet on bang your head against a rough stone wall and then pushing your head against the wall scrub it along the wall for 5 yards.

Now do it again with just your head and no helmet.

Won't say any helmet will save you hitting concrete at 90mph+, but sliding on your back with good gear and your helmet sliding on the road at 30/40mph I reckon is survivable.

No or cheap helmet, Fred's dead.

[Inn Between]

I wonder how much they paid for a "study" in this situation where a child could accurately observe at a glance that at least half the people don't use helmets, including mommy and daddy. 

 

But at least Thailand can finally reach "Hubdom". They can be the hub of useless studies. 

[Fred white]

36 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Try the following.

With your helmet on bang your head against a rough stone wall and then pushing your head against the wall scrub it along the wall for 5 yards.

Now do it again with just your head and no helmet.

Won't say any helmet will save you hitting concrete at 90mph+, but sliding on your back with good gear and your helmet sliding on the road at 30/40mph I reckon is survivable.

No or cheap helmet, Fred's dead.

But still my choice if you want to bare back 10 bar girls a day that would be your choice or do you want the govt to dictate how you have sex

[overherebc]

19 minutes ago, Fred white said:

But still my choice if you want to bare back 10 bar girls a day that would be your choice or do you want the govt to dictate how you have sex

Married mate, don't play roullette..

Been down the road on my back a couple of times when biking so I know what it sounds like and feels like. One bad one when I got T boned, I was doing about 30mph and my helmet smashed the windscreen in the car. Cracked a bone in my leg but was back on the bikes in 3 weeks. No or cheap helmet that day I wouldn't be typing this post.

Doesn't matter how good a biker you are. It's all down to the other idiots around you.

[Fred white]

11 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Married mate, don't play roullette..

Been down the road on my back a couple of times when biking so I know what it sounds like and feels like. One bad one when I got T boned, I was doing about 30mph and my helmet smashed the windscreen in the car. Cracked a bone in my leg but was back on the bikes in 3 weeks. No or cheap helmet that day I wouldn't be typing this post.

Doesn't matter how good a biker you are. It's all down to the other idiots around you.

You still don't understand PERSONAL CHOICE I knew the risks. Under 18 yes they need to be required to wear helmets

[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, Fred white said:

You still don't understand PERSONAL CHOICE I knew the risks. Under 18 yes they need to be required to wear helmets

My personal choice is to give myself any edge that I can.

If you want to ride in boxers and flipflops you're welcome.