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Re:Shocked by online comments, reporter writes profile of hi... by lemming on Saturday October 02, 2010 @10:11AM (#1750459)
When I was with my ex-girlfriend her little sister was knocked off her bike, also by a totally reckless driver doing over 80km/h in a 50km/h zone. She suffered serious head trauma, they didn't actually think she'd make it through the night. She did survive but had pretty serious behavioural problems after that, and died a few years later of a cerebral tumour which was almost certainly related.

I'll never forget the surgeon when he first came out of the operating room. He said: "If she had been wearing a helmet, none of this would have been necessary and she'd be fine." You could see clearly in his face that he'd seen this way too many times.

Seriously, just buy the damn helmet and wear it. You might look like a dork but it keeps your brains on the inside where you want them.

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Re:Shocked by online comments, reporter writes profile of hi... by arethuza on Saturday October 02, 2010 @12:36PM (#1750761)
I'm pretty certain that I am only alive today because of a cycling helmet - I had an accident a few years back while mountain biking where I fell off and skidded along on my side (feet still in the SPD pedals) with my head hitting a gate post.

I woke up a while later with the helmet completely disintegrated - if I hadn't been wearing it I'm pretty sure it would have been my skull.

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Re:Shocked by online comments, reporter writes profile of hi... by lemming on Sunday October 03, 2010 @08:15AM (#1752581)
Right, and it sounds like what actually killed this guy was hitting his head on a lamp-post.

I also had a snowboarding accident a couple of years back - it was the first time I'd been in years and I was just starting to get the hang of it again on the first day. Then I woke up in hospital which was a good hour away from the slopes. I'd been concussed, so I was awake the whole time they took me there (snowmobile off the slope, then ambulance to the hospital) but I don't remember any of it. I have photos of me chatting to the red cross which is surreal since I have no memory of it at all.

I now wear a helmet snowboarding too :-)

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