I won't wear a helmet, makes me look stupid

[scubascuba3]

Good marketing campaign currently, maybe should include images of the horrific accidents without a helmet.

 

Many low IQ farangs without helmets also

Edited September 4, 2023 by scubascuba3

[Keep Right]

34 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Good marketing campaign currently, maybe should include images of the horrific accidents without a helmet.

 

Many low IQ farangs without helmets also

So very true scuba duba guy. But I would also add that any farang riding a motorbike in Thailand is " low IQ."

[scottiejohn]

I thought you were talking about yourself and not quoting an AD!

You nearly got one of my rants!

 

Well done for highlighting the issue!

[bignok]

Why do they need ads? Common sense. 

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, Keep Right said:

So very true scuba duba guy. But I would also add that any farang riding a motorbike in Thailand is " low IQ."

Agreed... anyone not wearing a helmet... it doesn't make them look stupid, they just are stupid.

 

 

A couple of friends carry their own motorcycle helmets around, they don't have motorcycles, but they are smart enough to use a good helmet when they need to get somewhere on a bike (back & forth from work, football etc)... 

 

 

One of the things that has astonished me about Thai's throughout Covid is how they were all convinced to wear masks yet the numbers wearing helmets remained so outrageously low. 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

Just now, bignok said:

Why do they need ads? Common sense. 

Perhaps it is the sense that is not so common when it comes to wearing helmets in Thailand.

[foreverlomsak]

15 minutes ago, bignok said:

Why do they need ads? Common sense. 

Like car seat belts in the UK, massive ads campaigns for decades, and still you get people not using them today.

[richard_smith237]

7 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

Like car seat belts in the UK, massive ads campaigns for decades, and still you get people not using them today.

Indeed... utter fools... 

Ask them to run into a wall as fast as they can which is about 20kmh and the logic will be completely lost on them. 

Edited September 4, 2023 by richard_smith237

[mikebike]

29 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Perhaps it is the sense that is not so common when it comes to wearing helmets in Thailand.

Not just Thailand... 

[VocalNeal]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

I Won't Wear a Helmet Because It Makes Me Look Stupid. 

I won't wear a baseball cap for the same reason.????

[doctormann]

5 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

I won't wear a baseball cap for the same reason.????

Especially sideways!

[MarkT63]

58 minutes ago, Keep Right said:

So very true scuba duba guy. But I would also add that any farang riding a motorbike in Thailand is " low IQ."

Think you have just revealed your own IQ with your comment "any farang riding a motorbike in Thailand is " low IQ." ????

[mfd101]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

One of the things that has astonished me about Thai's throughout Covid is how they were all convinced to wear masks yet the numbers wearing helmets remained so outrageously low. 

 

 

 

Mask cheap or free. Helmut expensive.

[Thailand]

I can understand wearing a mask but is a helmet really that important?

[bkk6060]

Well, that is great but the problem could be much improved preventing the accident in the first place.  Drivers training requirements and proper engineering of the roadways to start would cut down on a lot of them. But, that will probably never happen so blame it on no helmets.

Also, the helmets most wear are so cheap and flimsy many are Styrofoam inside they will protect nothing. I would like to see some stats on injured or death while wearing a helmet.

[Tropicalevo]

7 minutes ago, Thailand said:

I can understand wearing a mask but is a helmet really that important?

Only if you ride a bike and want to live.

[rattlesnake]

Long overdue.

[FruitPudding]

Complete idiots, everywhere.

[fredwiggy]

1 hour ago, Keep Right said:

So very true scuba duba guy. But I would also add that any farang riding a motorbike in Thailand is " low IQ."

Nothing to do with IQ. Just not a good idea not to wear a helmet, especially in a country where there are so many incompetent drivers.

[spidermike007]

The only way to survive here on the road, is to be patient, have eyes in the back of your head, drive with caution, and always, and I mean always watch out of the other guy. Chances are, he does not have much driving skill, nor patience, nor reason, nor common sense. You cannot be too careful on the road here. Especially considering that the toy police offer no traffic safety, prevention, enforcement of the law, or concern toward the prosecution of very reckless drivers. 

Those of us with driving skill, and a strong desire for not only survival, but the avoidance of terrible injury, are constantly scanning the road, in front of us, beside us, and behind us. There are an exceptionally high number of reckless fools on these roads, and it is the only way to preserve our lives, and those of our families, and friends, who may be driving with us, and depending on us. If driving, especially on a motorbike, treat the activity as an act of war, in a sense that you may be mowed down or killed at any moment. Maintain eyes in the back of your head. Watch everyone. Expect craziness, insanity, lack of reason, and a complete lack of courtesy and respect on the roads, at all times. Expect cars and trucks to be coming at you in the wrong lane. Expect people to overtake you with the slimmest of margins.

 

Many of us drive motorcycles or scooters here, and it is dangerous getting on the roads with some of these other drivers. Getting on a scooter, or a motorcycle anywhere in Thailand, much less Phuket, Phangan, Dark Tao, or Samui without a very good helmet, is like playing Russian Roulette with three or four bullets in the chamber. It is absolutely asking for problems. The degree of recklessness here is astounding. And many foreigners come here thinking "how much trouble could I get in on a little scooter, on a tropical island"? Well, the answer is alot. The amount of foreigners who are killed on the Southern islands is staggering. Most are not reported in the media. I had a friend who worked for Samui rescue for many years, and said the numbers were about 30-60 a month, on Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao. The official number is about 3 a month. Rider beware. Use as good a helmet as you can afford, and do not use these eggshells pieces of crap. They crack at the first impact, and what lies underneath them? Your skull, which is very delicate.

I have been riding bikes for 52 years. Without any serious accidents. A few minor ones over the years. Riding a bike here is very dangerous. If not the highest, one of the highest fatality rates in the world. And an accident here can be very costly, to your person. 

 

Just ask yourself- do I have enough problems already, without a broken skull, or smashed head, or face injury, or lost eye?

 

I have three friends who have been in motorbike accidents on Samui within the last several years. One still cannot walk, or talk or function on her own, from a motorbike accident, where she hit her head on the pavement going only 20 kph. The other one has lost alot of his mental capacity after hitting his head. He insisted for years he would never wear a helmet. Now, he seems 15 years older. The third one is a close friend, who was hit by a sidecar, and nearly lost his leg. 11 operations later, he can walk, but with a limp, and the leg caused him constant problems, many years later. 
 

[300sd]

Make sure you don't go where someone else is going. Smart riders know how this is accomplished. See spider above!

[NoDisplayName]

Riders around here are smarties.

 

They know their noggins are hard and dense, but their wrists and elbows are weak and delicate.

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, Keep Right said:

So very true scuba duba guy. But I would also add that any farang riding a motorbike in Thailand is " low IQ."

Wrong  ... they are an embarrassing F'g idiot ...

... IMHO

[Woof999]

Even if they conquer this message, then comes the quality of the helmet. Many that I've seen for sale here are almost worthless. I'd still take a cheap helmet over no helmet but, as Martin Brundle says, "cheap head? cheap helmet".

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

Mask cheap or free. Helmut expensive.

Helmut who and how much is he? 

Edited September 4, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[rocketboy2]

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

I won't wear a baseball cap for the same reason.????

Come on give it a go.

Suits you sir. 

 

[jerrymahoney]

When I see motorbikers here running or jumping a red light I say to myself:

 

The one you don't see is the one who kills you.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

I can understand wearing a mask but is a helmet really that important?

No, they're completely unimportant for those who don't have accidents.

Edited September 4, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

47 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

Complete idiots, everywhere.

You can say that again!

[rattlesnake]

Also worth stressing is the importance of full-face helmets.

 

The crash statistics come from the Hurt Report and show that the most common area of impact on motorcycle helmets is the chin at 19.4% which spells “ouch” for open-face helmet wearers.

https://www.webbikeworld.com/crash-statistics-motorcycle-helmets/