Good Reason To Wear A Helmet!!!

[GSPKurt]

[quote author=yunt2ride

It not that he was going slow. Sorry but human error had something to do with it also. I'm glad he had his helmet on but to say that "we are going slow so I don't need a helmet" statement is rediculous, Is rediculous to say also. He said that he was also climbing a hill and did not get square with the top before he started back down. I don't wear one because, I ride flat ground and am always playing in the mud. I do not think that the mud is a place where you should need it.

Yunt, you are absolutely right, it was 100% human error. The majority of that human error was inexperience. Hindsight being what it is, I realized as I was laying on the ground that I should have squared up before descending. There are no visible marks or scratches on my helmet, and I probably would be OK if I wasn't wearing one. I don't like to wear them. They're hot, heavy and restrict hearing and vision. BUT, it is a tradeoff I will gladly make to make sure I live to see my daughter's graduation, my early retirement...

QT, no, we're not crazy, but our learning curve as pretty steep right now. To say we've learned a lot the last couple of weeks is a major understatement. We skimped on Stitch's safety equpiment and paid a price. I didn't pay attention closely enough to how LimoLarry descended that hill and paid another price.    Did we learn from those mistakes? You bet your butt we did! I am thankful LimoLarry and his wife were with me, and all you great people were on the Eureka ride. That itself is a testimony to riding with a buddy.

[tekhanto]

  Glad that you made it out in fairly good shape.  My wife took a spill at the
Croom and rolled it (polaris 500) down the hill rolled over her twice had cooler
on back also that helped take some of the bite off her.  She still has the shirt with the tire tracks on the back,  if she hadn't had a skid lid she would of really
been hurt large gouges out of helmet.  Strange thing.. 1st time we used the lid
at Croom... and she won't go back there now

[yunt2ride]

That proves that the "we are going slow so I don't need a helmet" statement is ridiculous.  Helmets save lives!!!!!! Glad your okay.

It not that he was going slow. Sorry but human error had something to do with it also. I'm glad he had his helmet on but to say that "we are going slow so I don't need a helmet" statement is rediculous, Is rediculous to say also. He said that he was also climbing a hill and did not get square with the top before he started back down. I don't wear one because, I ride flat ground and am always playing in the mud. I do not think that the mud is a place where you should need it.

   Fair enough but what about the boulder or stump that is hidden under the mud,or the kid riding his dads bike that is way over powered and over sized for him? What happens when he panics and plows into another bike or for some unforseen reason he loses control and can't control this oversized bike? How about the other skilled riders that had a couple of beers and start showing off and run into someones kid that wasn't made to wear a helmet? What about the bike that malfuntions and the throttle sticks or the bike that comes out of a mud hole and the wet brakes fail as he is driving up to the back of his trailer or truck? I stand by my previous statement. You can be the best rider around but sometimes $hit happens. It's free to wear a helmet. Why not be safe rather than sorry? Just my opinion. To each his own. This site won't post pics of riding without a helmet for a reason. It promotes safety. You are definately entitled to your opinion though. It's not a law to wear a helmet it's just COMMON SENSE!

One thing I don't beleive in is Kids riding oversized/overpowered atvs. I see them on utilty quads and sport quads. as for other skilled riders with a couple of beers, well that falls back on human error again or stupidiness. Sport and utility riders both do it sometimes. Drinking and driving is illegal on the highway for a reason. As for brakes, you would probably be surprised as to how many quads out there that really has good brakes, except for the newer ones. You tell me how many people you know that has gotten hurt on their quads while playing in the mud, then tell me how many you know that has gotten hurt riding in soft sand or climbing hills with their quads. there were 5 or 10 thousand people at Mudfest last weekend and yes a lot of them were drinking but I did not hear of the first person that got hurt on their quad.

[ronny86250r]

i did about the same thing going up the hill we both(bike and i)went down the hill and hit a tree i could dial out off of my hip my nextel was imprented into my hip this was the 1st day i bought it

[shulco]

glad you are  Ok. now for my 2cents worth . wearing a helment is a pain but it is not as much of a pain as it is to pay an ambulance ride to the hospital last one I took cost $1400   wearing a helment as was stated before is free

[apkkfx400]

That proves that the "we are going slow so I don't need a helmet" statement is ridiculous.  Helmets save lives!!!!!! Glad your okay.

Not the helmet issue again.  It's a personal judgement call!! Everytime I ride I try to do something new and also ride to the point where I would be foolish not to. 

I like to keep what's inside my skull, inside-no matter how little that may be.

Mark

[apkkfx400]

The other thing is, I really don't want to see this in the courts and getting a fine for not riding with a helmet-there are enough fines out there for us to get in places we can't ride.  I really don't want to have to wear a helmet after doing some routine maintainance or tune up and taking my quad for a small putt around the block to see if it's running ok. 

The helmet issue on street bikes is such a big deal-I really don't want to see it in our hobby.

[Chuck_Norris]

gladd to see you made it out well. parts can always be replaced.

[lisa]

I don't wear one because, I ride flat ground and am always playing in the mud. I do not think that the mud is a place where you should need it.

  Till you hit a hole, your quad flips you, and you hit a rock harder than your head that you didn't see under the mud or water! DOH!!!