CT of a guy who didn't use a helmet

[Nuff]

http://flickr.com/photos/roentgenator/2450912496/

After seeing this I will stick to full face helmets from now on.

[Dave75]

that is amazing. poor bloke should have known better but you can't help but feel bad

[Johnny]

One wonders how much a helmet wouldve helped ?
Thats alot of damage there, looks like a case of sometimes no amount of protection can help to me.

:(

[Jonny DeWog]

From what we can see, his jaw has borne the brunt of the impact (vertical split in the middle across chin) but also his left side jaw-joint has snapped. There are other obvious fractures to the cheekbone beneath the left eye and across his forehead.

My guess is a full-face would have lessened the impact to his jaw at least....Statistically, there are definitely fewer facial injuries (Killeys type fractures of the jaws especially) with full-face helmets.

jdw

[luci lu]

After seeing this I will stick to full face helmets from now on.[/QUOTE]


Good idea Nuff, now if we can just get you to stay on the bike.

[_chado77]

bit like the old photo that used to float around on rotten.com years ago.. harely rider had 1/2his face missing and was concious in casulty:hatter::dohsmiley:

[spotcom]

Yeah, the open face helmets may look cool, on those "retro" bikes and scooters, but full face is definitely the way to go! Poor bastard looks like he's in a bad way. :(