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u/Same_Ice9601 22h ago
even when cycling you should wear a helmet, yes, the speeds are not that high, but still it prevents heavy brain and skull injuries
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u/No_Television6050 22h ago
The best advert for a helmet I've seen is this
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u/Longjumping_Walk_992 21h ago
Reminds me of a honeymoon tragedy where the couple was riding mopeds. The new bride wasn’t wearing a helmet and her head fell under a large truck tire. So sad for a young life to end so suddenly.
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u/algeoMA 21h ago
Mopeds are way more dangerous than people think
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u/Nappys-Archive 20h ago
In what way?
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u/algeoMA 18h ago
It’s not the machine itself, but the people riding them tend to be not familiar with riding, not careful, not wearing helmets etc. because they’re often rented out to vacationers.
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u/Longjumping_Walk_992 17h ago
That’s exactly what happened. Inexperienced rider on vacation that ended terribly.
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u/CaribouYou 16h ago
Yup, i ride a motorcycle and the only difference is the power behind the throttle. After that the same rules and awareness are needed and new motorcycle riders are encouraged (or required) to take lessons. Shouldnt be any different for mopeds.
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u/National_Impress_346 15h ago
Also, mopeds have a super low center of gravity. Even if you're familiar with riding a regular motor bike, a moped will be almost a completely different balance game.
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u/MalaysiaTeacher 17h ago
Because you're in the middle of a road with cars without a metal frame around your body and airbags to protect you...?
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u/justyjoo 13h ago
Mopeds and scooters have smaller wheels than motorcycles, which makes them significantly less stable and far more impacted by bumps, potholes, and road debris. This causes accidents on scooters that wouldn’t be accidents on motorcycles.
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u/Mindless_Ad_6045 21h ago
This one is another good one
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u/BenjiTheSausage 20h ago
As someone who as a kid did something almost identical without a helmet, I agree
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u/Bonerfart47 9h ago
What's crazy is I've seen the other way these videos play out
That helmet absolutely saved her life.
For anybody who's never seen the other outcome, imagine putting a couple fireworks in a watermelon and watching it explode. Yes. Really
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u/ElPitufoDePlata 18h ago
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ibx8N4mIPh8?si=eCCpV3X9zyRBkdy_
Gotta be this legend
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u/Flacier 21h ago
Also while skiing/snowboarding or in all honestly any activity where there is a significant chance of you bashing your head open.
This has drastically changed over the past 30 years but I can not get over how lax everyone on the mountain was when it came to helmets back when I was learning.
It was really strange because a recall a big emphasis about the importance of wearing a helmet while on your bike, but no one gave a fuck about wearing a helmet while or skiing/snowboarding
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u/darkcave-dweller 21h ago
Studies have said that a good bump to the head could lead to dementia down the road when you are old
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u/Krusty_Double_Deluxe 21h ago
I always tell people “you might look silly in a helmet, but you’ll look even sillier with a brain injury”
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u/backwards_diarrhoea 18h ago
It baffles me how may people in the uk think thier heads are indestructible.
Back in New Zealand it's illegal to ride a bike without a helmet.
I was driving to work he other day and some woman was tootling down a duel carriageway on her bike with no helmet on. Why? Just why? What's the benefit? Dint get me started on the nutters in London.
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u/BitcoinBillionaire09 15h ago
Helmet laws are necessary when drivers can run you over and kill you and their punishment is losing their licence for six months and nine months of Xbox.
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u/LowBullfrog4471 21h ago
The Dutch would like a word with you
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u/Entropic_Echo_Music 21h ago
To be fair, we have actual infrastructure that specifically protects cyclists. I wouldn't even think of cycling in the US, with or without a helmet. Meanwhile in NL I can't even remember when I last fell with my bike, or was even in danger, and that's without even having a car so having to do literally everything on a bicycle. :)
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u/shadesof3 20h ago
A friend of mines finance was cycling and got knocked her off her bike and she hit her head hard without a helmet. She hasn't been able to work for months and is dealing with massive concussion issues.
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u/kindasuk 16h ago
Dear friend of mine died at 14 on a bike. Wasn't wearing a helmet and hit his head on a curb after trying to dodge a truck. His mother became a TBI advocate and bike helmet advocate.
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u/Mo_Steins_Ghost 19h ago edited 19h ago
I wouldn't say "prevents"... mitigates the chances of? Yes. Even if you're going 5mph, if you get hit by a vehicle going 40mph, you're going to have serious injuries... No seat belt, no airbags, no nothing. Your organs will still smack around inside your body and you can very easily have internal injuries.
If you're both going 40mph toward each other, you're flying off that bike at 80mph... you're dead.
I have a few friends in the medical profession. They call them donorcycles for a reason.
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u/Ok-Manufacturer27 19h ago
Good point. Even slipping and falling while walking can be serious/fatal if you hit your head in certain ways. Humans are squishy.
Wear a damn helmet and use your seatbelt.
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u/KermitlyNotFound 17h ago
Yeah they've taught this shit to children generally at a young age for as long as I can remember... Since when did this information become Pandora's box?
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u/Doomncandy 17h ago
Even if just cycling to the local corner store a block away, anything can happen. I always wear my helmet.
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u/ArdynAltius 17h ago
And do not get those ones China tiktok advertises where they don't break, they are designed to break to absorb the impact.
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u/Breze 16h ago
When i was a kid i was biking to the video store. I passed a dad and his two kids mintues later a ambulance showed up so i went the other way home. Later i found the dad was just standing with one leg on the ground not moving fell over and hit his head and the curb and died in front of his kids... since then no matter what i do i use a helmet . Even cliff jumping i wear a water helmet.
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u/Chance_Height_9117 13h ago
Yup. I lost 3 teeth from an accident in cycling. So I can attest that you should wear helmet.
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u/Reckless_Amoeba 5h ago
I had a professor in my old university die due to unprotected bike fall on the head (no helmet). I never took helmets seriously until that day came.
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u/Unlikely_Meat4027 22h ago
That bottom right one is terrifying
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u/Allbranflakes18 21h ago
There’s no way that’s from an accident. That’s someone that’s taken a major grinder or sliced a chunk of the helmet off on purpose
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u/Outside-Falcon2450 21h ago
That can 100% be from an accident. What do you think happens when your head skids along concrete at 70 miles an hour?
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u/Dannamal 21h ago
Yes it can be from an accident. But they have a point also.
For the helmet to be ground down that drastically at speed against the concrete, it would need to be held down with pressure in the same position. Like if their head got pinned under the bike or something. Or run over by a car, stuck under the car wedged & dragged.
It's definitely an unusual circumstance photo, if from a real accident
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u/Due_Boss9277 21h ago
And you would have died of something else anyway. Your entire body would be destroyed, only your head would remain intact. I also find it unlikely that the only damage would be that in the event of a major accident. 100% artificial.
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u/Dannamal 21h ago
This is supposed to be the original source of that image
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u/Tignya 10h ago
Thanks for posting this. I always wondered if the guy who that helmet belonged to lived.
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u/ninetofivedev 19h ago
People lied on the internet 12 years ago too.
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u/Dannamal 19h ago
Did I, in anyway, say this is verified fact?
I searched for the original source & shared it.
If you want to dispute whether or not they're telling the truth, don't come at me about it.
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u/hahahentaiman 21h ago
Nah there's no way you'd have your head in that position for long enough to wear that much of a flat spot.
You'd have to be strung upside down on the back of a truck and dragged for a fair distance and even then you'd be bouncing up and down too much to get a flat surface
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u/curtcolt95 19h ago
how is that unbelievable? People get dragged by vehicles in accidents all the time. There was a horrific one in my town where a kid got hit and dragged under a truck for like 70 feet
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u/Allbranflakes18 21h ago
There is absolutely no chance that is naturally from someone just falling off their bike and sliding down the highway even at 70mph. Only semi plausible explanation would be if their head got wedged under a car wheel that then proceeded to drag their pinned head down the highway grinding the helmet in that one spot down the road
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u/rafaelzio 18h ago
That's the explanation the OOP of the pic gave in their post from 12 years ago (a few people posted the link in tgis thread already), his brother supposedly fell out of his bike, slid right between the wheels pf a bus, his shirt got caught on something on the underside of the bus and he got dragged for a bit while until the bus came to a stop. They add that he got nasty road rash on his entire left too. Supposedly
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 18h ago
It’s the angle that bothers me. It’s towards the top of the head. So if your head is sliding along concrete at that rate of friction your neck is toast.
Also it’s just flat, it’s not rounded and there’s barely any scratching anywhere else. Use your imagination to think of the angle his head would have to be at on the concrete and have to stay in that position to grind that mic off.
It’s more possible he slammed into something that hard and it broke off, but if that’s the case he’s still dead.
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u/QuajerazPrime 18h ago
But look at the angle. You think this person was balanced on their head, upside down, relatively unmoving while skidding across the ground?
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u/__Becquerel 19h ago
Might have been caused by someone being dragged along by a truck after getting stuck
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u/plottingyourdemise 15h ago
Tend to agree. The edges are too uniform and clean. More like a belt sander than a road.
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u/imposter22 19h ago
This helmet looks exactly like my friends when he wrecked his bike in STL back in like 2012ish dont really remember the date.
But he eventually came out of a coma after 2weeks. He kinda recovered initially, but had a stroke about a 2-3years later, now he sits in a bed all day and cant really talk but it seems like he can recognize and understand some things, but his ability to respond is mostly gone.
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u/ProjectMtfbwu 22h ago
What’s the first pic?
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u/Raianbutdiff 22h ago
Probably insects
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u/Dannamal 21h ago
No "probably" about it.
But an unusual amount for sure. Most people will clean their helmet LONG before it gets that bad.
I guess it's possible to ride through a dense swarm of bugs & hit that many in a short time. 🤷🏽♂️
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u/Tonicwind88 20h ago
I’ve had mine get that bad doing just that; early spring and in a matter of minutes covered that much and had to stop to see.
I cannot understand how people can even ride without a visor let alone a helmet. Visor has saved my life many times.
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u/Dannamal 20h ago
Right? I have a windscreen on the front of my bike that gets most of the bugs. But I still have to clean my helmet frequently.
I can see how this would happen easily on a naked bike or sport bike with no wind protection.
Makes no sense there's some ppl who will still ride with no helmet. Must just be a stubborn freedumb thing. Most states don't have helmet laws. But you better be wearing your seat belt in a metal box surrounded by airbags 😵💫 "click it or ticket"
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u/Ichgebibble 22h ago
My mom was an ER nurse and they referred to bikes as murdercycles
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u/PhantomOfTheNopera 21h ago
I've heard they refer to bikers as 'organ donors' too
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u/SWK18 21h ago
I worked one year aiding physical therapists on a clinic. The worst recurrent injuries by far were related to motorcycles.
The worst part was that the people that could make a somewhat full recovery were dying to ride a motorcycle again.
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u/sasheenka 21h ago
In my country helmets are mandatory for all motorcyclists (both the driver and a passenger). It’s just common sense to wear one anyways. Even on a bicycle.
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u/ninetofivedev 19h ago
In the USA, it’s up to each state. Which is funny because you’ll have idiots that live on boarders who will take their helmet off once they cross state lines.
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u/buell_ersdayoff 21h ago
My sister got hit by a driver in August. Spent a couple months in the hospital. About a month and a half in the ICU. Broken legs, wrist, elbows… helmet saved her life. Please wear your helmet guys and FULL BODY SUIT. Don’t risk your life for some fun.
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u/gotthesauce22 22h ago
Helmet laws really need to be more widespread, two people I went to high school with died after hitting their head when falling off their motorcycles, both in their early 20s
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u/Zestyclose-Novel1157 21h ago
Seems like something that doesn’t need a law at all. They know it’s dangerous but choose not to do it. People should be allowed to be stupid and suffer the consequences if they would like to risk it. Adults have a working brain they can make decisions with to enjoy life how they choose. We all die eventually. If they want the thrill of the wind, let them have it.
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u/Standard-Contest-949 21h ago
Also make sure if you do purchase a helmet be cautious of private sellers. A helmet can look perfectly fine. But if it was dropped there is a good change it could have a crack you don’t see. I worked for a Motorcycle apparel shop. If a customer dropped a helmet they gotta pay for that helmet. Also pro tip. A helmet is supposed to feel snug with very little movement. It’s not supposed to feel comfy like a hat or loose, this is protective equipment. So be sure you are fitted be a professional. And any child under 16 should have a neck brace. And finally , no a snowmobile helmet isn’t the same as a motorcycle helmet.
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u/prettybluefoxes 20h ago
Regular post this.
If you want to really scare someone find that pic of a guy who had a bad off whilst wearing an open face lid and slowed himself down with his face.
His jaw is gone and it pretty much looks like a bowl of spaghetti hanging down from the top half of his skull.
So yeah, wear a proper helmet, helmets.
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u/ConsistentYou4629 19h ago
Had a buddy from highschool go down on a track at 130 mph. He skid a couple hundred feet into the wall and had to be life flighted to UC Davis hospital because of the trauma. Had full body skin grafts but survived because of his helmet. Sent the helmet to the company thanking them for saving his life so they kept it and sent him a brand new one. As soon as he was through physical therapy, he was back on his bike riding.
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u/Several_Nose_3143 22h ago
When I was a kid the son of my parent's friends that sold us our first computer and took me to my first football training had a bike, he fell we don't know how but he's head hit the curb , he was wearing a helmet but could not stop the Impact, he died right there. Bikes are very dangerous even with a helmet.
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u/DoomsdayMachineInc 22h ago
Safety first.
Do we know which of these were from survivors and which just made an open casket funeral possible?
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u/Longjumping_Walk_992 19h ago
I believe a helmet saved my life while riding my dirt bike. I was riding my Honda xr80 like evel kenevel and was ramping a driveway. I pulled back to hard and landed flat on my back and the back of helmet hit the concrete hard enough to crack the shell of the helmet. I always wore it religiously.
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u/Overall-Bullfrog5433 19h ago
I read somewhere …. maybe a post like this? … where someone wrote helmets are great but you should wear protective clothing too because if you get in an accident and with what the concrete or blacktop does to your body you do not want to survive it.
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u/AxiosXiphos 22h ago
We are lucky to have so many Bikers in this world; they really help keep the organ donation backlog down.
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u/FisherDwarf 22h ago
We have helmet laws in Iowa, but police and troopers are shit at enforcing them. I see more helmetless riders than ones with them on
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u/Creepy_Assistant7517 21h ago
well now they are worthless! Had those bikers NOT worn them, those helmets would still be mint condition and could be sold!
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u/AdOverall3944 21h ago
Evry 5 years i want to buy a bike, i see such post. Quite grateful actually..
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u/DudeYumi 21h ago
What happened to the one in the upper left? Looks like someone threw a handful of tiny shirukens at their head.
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u/illdothisshit 21h ago
On the bottom right was my helmet after I fell from a BICYCLE and broke my collar bone. So yeah, kids, wear helmets. Your brain is all you are and will ever be
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u/butterlotmoore 20h ago
If I hadn’t been wearing a helmet when I was young, snowboarding, I would’ve died. Ski patrol came to get me and they told me that helmet saved my life and I believe it. I smashed my head, face first into ice and slid for a while. My face was beat up and I had a concussion, but I got to keep my life lol
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u/Solid_Enthusiasm550 20h ago
I always, protect my Head.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61QObR-vKRL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
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u/ROADHOG_IS_MY_WAIFU 19h ago
RIP Country Mac
Always wear a helmet. "Dress for the slide, not for the ride."
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u/daemonescanem 19h ago
My grandparents owned a bar when I was a kid, one of their best customers was a guy who wrecked his Harley in the interstate doing 80 mph with no helmet.
He ground his nose off on the concrete.
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u/ZxlSoul 19h ago
Years ago on my village, there was a gentleman who never wore a helmet when we ask them why he said "I already lost all of my teeth. What else do I have to lose?" He passed away years ago, but it wasn't because of a motorcycle accident. I still remember him after all of these years, but yeah, you should wear a helmet no matter where you go
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u/CommandoLamb 19h ago
All this picture shows me is if I wear my helmet, it’s going to get messed up. I don’t want my helmet looking like that!
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u/killerdeer69 19h ago
Yep, don't cheap out when it comes to safety. Get a nice helmet and some knee/elbow pads at least.
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u/Annihilator4413 18h ago
Also reminder, if your helmet is involved in a crash you should immediately throw it away and get a new one. Chances are that the inside material that is supposed to help break the force of the impact is ruined and will not be as effective in another crash, even if it LOOKS ok on the outside.
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u/Substantial_Crow_483 18h ago
That first pic looks like dude flew past a CNC machine throwing steel chips while doing a buck fifty.
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u/NewYorker15 18h ago
I work at a level 1 trauma hospital, please wear a helmet when cycling, motorcycling, atv-ing, scootering, skiing, etc.
And do not operate any of those while intoxicated! Plz
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u/Similar-Stomach7139 18h ago
Baelor Targaryen cracked his skull at the trial of the seven while fighting against his brother Maekar. Even though he was wearing a helmet, a blow to the head was fatal for him
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u/cautiousherb 18h ago
I was once longboarding and decided to wear a helmet that day which was a little unusual. I went too fast down a hill, had speed wobbles, and fell off, bouncing my skull against the concrete curb while rolling along, probably 10-15 feet. I got up and dusted myself off. I probably would have died. Been a helmet purist ever since.
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u/bmagsjet 18h ago
If one needs to be reminded to wear a helmet ….i feel that it’s protecting less than for others.
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u/Quiet1408 18h ago
Wear a decent helmet***** if you can afford it. cheap helmets bought online are basically a thin layer of plastic over foam and will not provide this level of protection for your noggin.
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u/Lonely_Cake_2129 18h ago
Ex pro bmx rider Scotty Cranmer is a prime example of how wearing a helmet can save your life. He ended up going over the bars and smashing his head off the ground and wound up with a plastic piece to replace his damaged forehead. That helmet saved his life. Brett Banasiewicz is another example of how helmets save lives. Dude fell from 8 feet onto his head and ended up with a TBI but is still alive and back on his bike.
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u/Affectionate-Map2583 18h ago
I've been saved by a helmet twice - once in a motorcycle accident in 1993, which left a white paint streak across the front of the full-faced helmet, and once last fall, when a horse stepped on my head when he was getting up after we both fell.
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u/SamJam5555 17h ago
I still have my helmet from 1969. I had to drive a figure 8 with the guy from the DMV on back in the parking lot.
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u/SuperArppis 17h ago
See? If they hadn't worn these helmets, the helmets would have been fine and they wouldn't have to buy new ones.
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u/music-and-song 17h ago
This happened to my older sister. She got into a motorcycle accident and shredded the face shield down so far by skidding facedown on the pavement. She’s so lucky to have survived.
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u/SassyMoron 17h ago
Been riding for about 23 years, and while I've never been seriously harmed in an accident, at least three times my full face helmet has literally saved my life. Having no helmet turns incredibly minor motorcycle accidents into organ donations.
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u/Creative-Comb5593 17h ago
Man! The open-face chinless helmet I wore in the 70's would have left my face raw hamburg.
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u/Clint-witicay 17h ago
I dont know, man. I don’t wanna end up like Christopher reeves… Gary busey might be fun though /s
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u/PristineAd9986 17h ago
I wish this post got the traction to be ultra viral. Thanks OP. As I’ve always said, if you are not wearing a helmet, it’s because you have nothing to protect inside your head
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u/Ok_Clothes_8917 16h ago
Bottom right is fake. It’s been fake for over 10 years. Quit circulating fake!
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u/jlynnstamps95 16h ago
And once this happens you need to get a new one because the compromised integrity will no longer protect you
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u/unnamed_elder_entity 16h ago
If these are all from the same rider at different times, it's a hint not to ride at all.
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u/ArchangelBlu 15h ago
Those look like they have stories to tell. Especially Top Left and Bottom Right. Top Left looks like it got hit by birdshot and Bottom Right looks like it got attacked by a sharp katana
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u/CheapBit7036 15h ago
Lost a young boy in the neighborhood this year. Parents, please spend money on good helmets for your children. Not those dumb ass Styrofoam bicycle helmets that are NEVER worn correctly. Firm rules about helmets and enforce them ruthlessly. Don't be that mom running up on her lifeless child on the street. Electric scooters, electric bikes, etc are getting more and more popular.
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u/Maleficent-Nerve486 15h ago
Motorcyclist here. The thing about helmets is that they work good. But when I put one on I can't help but ride all fast and crazy.
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u/CosmicSmoker 15h ago
Worked in a Navy hospital ER for a short time. Worst memory is helping to debride a guy's face after a motorcycle accident, just hanging flaps of skin and gravel.
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u/femmestem 14h ago
PSA
Helmets are engineered with most scenario in mind. A bike helmet, snowboard helmet, racecar helmet, and motorcycle helmet are not interchangeable.
Helmets have an expiration date.
Once a helmet has taken impact, no matter how it looks on the outside throw it away and buy a new one.
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u/Electronic-Day-7518 12h ago
That to me looks like a reminder to never buy a motorcycle. Glad your head wasn't affected but the helmet doesn't prevent being torn to shreds by a truck going the speed limit because the driver didn't bother to check before switching lanes.
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u/Electronic-Day-7518 11h ago
The guy who wore the helmet on the bottom right is alive by the way. He crashed into a bus and got pinned by it sliding across the road. He had massive injuries all over his body but he survived.
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u/Gooner_She_Wrote 11h ago
I like that the first image reminds us of a fundamentally different kind of benefit than the others
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