35 Reasons Why You Should Always Wear A Helmet
It probably goes without saying that helmets are a good idea, but screw it, we're going to say it anyway: HELMETS ARE A GOOD IDEA!
Don't take our word for it though. Check out these pictures, compiled by Bored Panda, for a sobering list of reasons why you should always wear helmet. It doesn't matter how awesome a rider you think you are. It doesn't matter if helmets make your head sweat. It doesn't matter if it ruins your hair style. The only thing that matters is that it might very well save your life one day, or at the very least prevent your face from getting mangled beyond recognition. Scroll through the pictures below and imagine what your head might look like if you hadn't been wearing a helmet. Not a pretty sight, is it?
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And This, Kids, Is Why You Wear A Freakin Helmet
Someone correct me if im wrong, but i think this is a glassfiber helmet. Designed so that if it hits the ground it won't bounce around, but instead stay in contact with the ground/concrete and be shredded as the wearer slides a distance on the ground. Less chance of neck injury ^^
Load More Replies...Ground skid burn. An unbelievably common injury in motor bike accidents. This also happens to your limbs!!!! The best form of protection is full thick leathers. I've nursed many motorcyclists with missing limbs due to them being shredded off whilst skidding across tarmac at speed. I cringe every time I see a young motorcyclist in shorts and T shirt!!!!!
This image should always be shown to those who underestimate the importance of a helmet.
This happened to me while riding my BICYCLE. I was not even going fast, but the impulse made me skid. My helmet had a puppy version of that. I was do glad I was wearing it.
Many helmets are designed to absorb the impacts of a crash, and also act as a physical barrier to scuffs and scrapes that would otherwise kill a person
This isn't necessarily caused by downward impact force, but instead by sliding friction. Perhaps worse as it tears the skin, and bone away... :(
Load More Replies...I've been on scene for three accidents in the last 12 months. I don't claim to know everything. BUT this looks like a belt sander, to an already damaged helmet
Exactly... this is what a crashed helmet looks like. Crashed-He...7a2d2b.jpg
I'll add another. My head bounced off the road after getting hit by a car. It's doubtful that I would have survived without a helmet. helmet-bus...d95008.jpg
This Is Why We Wear Helmets All The Time
A few years ago, my friend and i went skiing. On this day, I went down before him and waited at the bottom of the slope (a blue). after around 10 or 20 minutes, a ski patrol (i think that is what they are called) came down with him in the stretcher. Apparently, he had swerved to dodge a fellow skier and swerved into woods. he tripped and slid down 20 ft or so and in the process, slammed the back of his helmet on a metal rod. He was very lucky because he hit his head on the pointy end. The helmet, a Bogner, took the brunt of the impact and splintered under the impact. Long story short, the rod could have gone through his head and killed him if not for the helmet
Yes, but there is a space between the straps that fit it to your head and the outside-the plastic does not sit on your head.
Load More Replies...Helmet saved our daughter's head just this weekend! No joke. Thankfully she Always is great about wearing her helmet at age 10. Has a concussion. Wish I coukd share the picture of her broken helmet. No cars involved foot came off the pedal and happened all so fast!
And yet he's got his helmet off on a building site to take this photo...
If he hadn't been wearing that helmet it would have been D E A T H B Y C H E E Z - I T
My Helmet Saved My Life
My face and head took the greatest impact with the tree. I took a direct hit in the face which lead the doctor to proclaim that I was lucky to be wearing a full-face helmet. It didn't crack, the visor didn't break. My cheek bones weren't crushed or bruised, my spine was fine, my neck was only slightly sprained, my teeth were intact!
yes. Because of a LOT of blood, basically painting the inside of the visor, and the fact that kids may be reading this.
Load More Replies...Nose maybe or a laceration from where the shield is bent back towards the face.
Load More Replies...Daily Reminder To Wear A Helmet
This is a DAILY reminder? Goodness, what are they doing with there life :O
Yep this looks like mine after I got hit by a truck. Took the chinguard clean off and the visor was a mess. The bike was totalled. If you value your face/head/life, buy THE BEST helmet you can afford. Incidentally, this happened to me on a public road AT LESS THAN 30mph in traffic so imagine what it would look like doing speed on an open road and meeting someone round a bend?
I used to tell friends who asked why I had the big heavy helmet instead of the little skullcappy type one that I liked my face.
Load More Replies...or if the helmet had not been a full-face with a chin bar.
Load More Replies...Helmet Saved My Life Yesterday. Got Hit By A Car Turning Left And Flew Into Windshield
Whenever I see a cyclist without a helmet. My first thought is "idiot".
In the Netherlands we do a lot of cycling, not wearing helmets (unless race cycling), only foreigners and small children do. Guess that makes us all idiots... 😂
Load More Replies...Nobody wears a helmet in the dutchielands. But then again we have special bike roads so 95% of the time we don't bike between cars. Helmets or not we have the lowest lethality rate of fatal traffic incidents including bikes
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My brother was hit by a truck on his bike a few years ago. He broke his neck and is allowed limited physical activity to this day. They say that if he had not been wearing his helmet, he would not be here.
I don't wear a helmet. But then I am not dumb enough to go contest for the right of way against a car or motorbike.
Orlando Police Shared This Photo On Twitter Showing Where A Bullet Struck An Officer's Helmet. The Officer's Life Was Saved Because Of The Helmet
I've seen this type of helmet tested. It works well for handgun bullets but rifle bullets can penetrate easily. It's without a doubt that whoever tried to kill this cop used a handgun.
It was Omar Mateen, the Pulse shooter, who shot at the cop, so you tell me
Load More Replies...Helmets Saved Lives
No, the person probably had an accident and slid along the road or highway, most likely. Also, pardon me for going grammar nazi/police on you but the proper way to ask your question is "From a meteorite!?", have a nice day! ;)
Load More Replies...God....I pray for everyone on four wheelers or motorbikes that isn't wearing a helmet.
Hit with a blaster. Those storm troopers are getting better with their aim.
I don't know what happened here but this guy would've been dead by now
The guy most likely got into an accident and slid along the road
Load More Replies...No Doubt This Helmet Saved A Friend From Serious Head Injury Or Death
I don't like to wear those types of helmets because even though they are lighter they can sometimes break easier
im pretty sure that they are supposed to break, it takes the impact
Load More Replies...That is a cheap helmet, a proper one would not have come apart like this one has.
It's supposed to come apart. Like a car has crumble zones.
Load More Replies...Daily Reminder To Wear A Helmet On The Snow
Hit a rock, or a metal instrument in the snowpark perhaps
Load More Replies...Did you went head first into a tree? o_O (I'm not judging, that's something I would probably do)
Helmets Can Save Lives
Might as well. Shouldn't be used as a helmet again
Load More Replies...I'm picturing the helmet being attacked by a spin brush in a car wash
Road Rash on your face doesn't go away. I prefer my face right where it is
Most of the helmets have been scratced artificially, not in accidents. I´m a trauma doctor.
My Friend Works In A Ski Gear Shop And This Guy Came In Yesterday
Just above the name "Smith", a branch is sticking right into the top of the helmet.
Load More Replies...And This, Kids, Is Why We Wear Helmets When We Skateboard
Still looks like that person didn't get out completely fine like some of the others.
I Keep Looking At This And Just.. Get A Bit Speechless Knowing How Much My Helmet Saved Me. Always Wear Your Gear
The Helmet Of Our Patient After A Bicycle Crash (into A Wall At 80km Per Hour)!
Was wondering the same thing. Maybe that was the wall's speed.
Load More Replies...80km? Are u sure that wasnt a motorcycle rather then a bicycle cause thats unbelieavably way too fast
Have you ever heard about downhill? These guys ride not just 80 km/h, but even 100 up to 140 km/h on very steep beacons.
His Helmet Saved My Life When I Hit A Deer. Bike Is Gone But I'm Still Here!
I know this might be insensitive but am I the only one that sees a jack skellington face in the scratches?
That's not even insensitive it's just a fact lol
Load More Replies...What about the deer? ( sorry but am I the only one concerned about the deer as well?)
Actually I directly went to the comment section to see if anyone asked about the deer and the poster repalied
Load More Replies...Is this heading saying, that a deer was the one wearing helmet? "His helmet saved my life..." 😂
Um, what about the other important question... :) What about the deer?!
This Is Why You Wear A Full Helmet. My Friend Was Hit By Someone Who Ran A Red Light. If He Had Wore A Skull Cap, He'd Have No Lower Jaw
My Helmet Just Saved My Life
Fellow Riders, My Helmet Saved My Life This Weekend. I Would Have Been Hit In The Face With A Big Chunk Of Concrete
He had to get the rest of the way home, i suppose.
Load More Replies...Oh, things fly off of trucks all the time. everything from tomatoes being carried from field to processing plant to building materials and debri being removed from a site after something is razed
Load More Replies...Whoever Made The Cycle Helmet Saved Another Life Because Without It He Undoubtedly Would Have Died
Always Wear A Helmet, Folks
Your Life Isn't Worth You Wanting To Feel The Wind On Your Face
This is the result of a courier van pulling out and knocking me off and hitting a concrete reservation face first at 60 mph and having the bike (Honda vtr 1000 firestorm) landing in me and then spending the next two and a half years in and out of 5 hospitals and alot of surgery and physio and psychological care
So sorry this happened to you. Hope you're doing ok.
Load More Replies...That's my helmet lol Agv said it was the most road crash damaged helmet they had ever seen
Why Should You Wear A Full-face Helmet?
No Really, That Moment You Realize A Helmet Saved Your Life
This Is An Easy Call...helmets Save Lives!
My Friend Has A Concussion After A Bike Accident. His Helmet Saved His Life. Wear Your Helmet!
He still had a concussion with the helmet. Imagine if he hadn't been wearing one-major brain damage or even death.
Are these stories written by Chinese Internet-slaves? The English in some of these titles is atrocious. I realise these s****y "content farms", intended to share on Facebook to get people to come look at your ads, aren't usually the pinnacle of journalism. But still, are you paying these people in bowls of rice? Same thing happened with consumer goods when Ebay and Amazon came along. The revolution in Chinese garbage made to be exported to buyers over the Internet. Now it's happening to web sites as well. Badly written "articles", each one just a group of pictures, either harvested from a Google image search on "broken helmet", or copied from some other s****y clickbait site just like this one. Actually Thought Catalog rips three-quarters of it's "articles" off Reddit, but at least they're paying first-world "writers" to do it. I liked the Internet better 20 years ago. There was almost no crass garbage like this.
My Head And Faced Crushed The Windscreen
Helmets Are Replaceable, Heads Are Not. Be Safe, Not Sorry
A Boy's Bike Helmet Saved Him From Serious Injuries After A Crash, If Not Death
I remember having a helmet like that, it's basically just a block of Styrofoam, effective I guess, but not very
No Doubt Saved My Life
Always Wear A Helmet, Folks
The Helmet That Saved My Sister’s Life
I Really Think Having A Good Helmet Saved My Life
Wear Your Helmet
So I Crashed An Atv In March Of This Year And This Helmet Saved My Life. Still Got A Pretty Bad Concussion Though
My Kbc Vr2r That Saved My Life
Helmets are our friends so wear the goddamned things they're not there for decoration
Load More Replies...I am a testimony of the helmet's life saving feature. My husband and I were on a bike trip to the sea and on our way back home, the back tire suddenly died, causing a motorcycle accident. A light one, thanks God, but equally dangerous and shocking. I remember the moment my helmet protected head hit the asphalt. I'd be literally dead without it. But with it? My husband got minor injurries and I just got light scratches and bruises. Another thing that saved me was the kind of bag that you wear around your hips. My lip balsm in the pocket was reduced to dust by the impact of the fall.
My 22 YO son refused to wear a helmet cycling all his life… until I shared this post with him today. I am so relieved that he's decided not to risk his life any longer. Outstanding public service message! Thanks, Bored Panda.
Helmets are exceptionally important, but what about the rest of your body? Not much point having an intact brain, when the rest of you is smeared down the road after a nice long slide!
I see way too many youtube vids of people in jeans and t-shirts at ridiculous speeds. No helmet will help. Come off at those speeds, it's all over.
Here's me, in my usual kit... P4165721.jpg
Looking like a Power Ranger isn't mandatory, but for the love of God, wear some leathers (or a vegetarian alternative, such as Cordura, Kevlar, Ballistic Nylon etc...) P4165721-5...5f3cb1.jpg
Barrie... I second that 100 %. I had two major motorbike crashes. The first time I was run over by a guy sending an sms. The second time I collided full frontal in a Bmw. Both times I managed to crawl to the sidewalk by myself, in disbelief, just minor injuries. And I thank the helmets and the spine protectors I wore, because now I'm alive and I can walk, whereas 1 second before the accidents I thought I would die.
Load More Replies...This needs to be a PSA everywhere, especially in areas where helmets are not required by law
Amazing post! It's such a strange- and horrible thing to see so many people simply shrugging at the importance of using a helmet. People who actually get into an accident and get injured badly do not realize that it can lead to permenant damage or even death. Especially to those who think: "Nah, an accident won't happen to me". As downside extra: it can have a big negative impact to those who saw the accident and the family of the victim. And sometimes it can be easily prevented. By JUST using a helmet.
My husband wears a helmet mowing the backyard to deflect oncoming golf balls.
Helmets are our friends so wear the goddamned things they're not there for decoration
Load More Replies...I am a testimony of the helmet's life saving feature. My husband and I were on a bike trip to the sea and on our way back home, the back tire suddenly died, causing a motorcycle accident. A light one, thanks God, but equally dangerous and shocking. I remember the moment my helmet protected head hit the asphalt. I'd be literally dead without it. But with it? My husband got minor injurries and I just got light scratches and bruises. Another thing that saved me was the kind of bag that you wear around your hips. My lip balsm in the pocket was reduced to dust by the impact of the fall.
My 22 YO son refused to wear a helmet cycling all his life… until I shared this post with him today. I am so relieved that he's decided not to risk his life any longer. Outstanding public service message! Thanks, Bored Panda.
Helmets are exceptionally important, but what about the rest of your body? Not much point having an intact brain, when the rest of you is smeared down the road after a nice long slide!
I see way too many youtube vids of people in jeans and t-shirts at ridiculous speeds. No helmet will help. Come off at those speeds, it's all over.
Here's me, in my usual kit... P4165721.jpg
Looking like a Power Ranger isn't mandatory, but for the love of God, wear some leathers (or a vegetarian alternative, such as Cordura, Kevlar, Ballistic Nylon etc...) P4165721-5...5f3cb1.jpg
Barrie... I second that 100 %. I had two major motorbike crashes. The first time I was run over by a guy sending an sms. The second time I collided full frontal in a Bmw. Both times I managed to crawl to the sidewalk by myself, in disbelief, just minor injuries. And I thank the helmets and the spine protectors I wore, because now I'm alive and I can walk, whereas 1 second before the accidents I thought I would die.
Load More Replies...This needs to be a PSA everywhere, especially in areas where helmets are not required by law
Amazing post! It's such a strange- and horrible thing to see so many people simply shrugging at the importance of using a helmet. People who actually get into an accident and get injured badly do not realize that it can lead to permenant damage or even death. Especially to those who think: "Nah, an accident won't happen to me". As downside extra: it can have a big negative impact to those who saw the accident and the family of the victim. And sometimes it can be easily prevented. By JUST using a helmet.
My husband wears a helmet mowing the backyard to deflect oncoming golf balls.
