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AndroidMyAndroid t1_jdxrqjx wrote

I'm glad you both made it out of your crash alive, but statistically the face and jaw are most likely to be impacted in a motorcycle crash and the DOT standard that half helmets are designed to pass (because they can't pass ECE or SNELL tests) can still kill you at moderate impact speeds. I wear a 6D helmet, which has game-changing slip plane technology (generations ahead of MIPS) but any kind of MIPS helmet can do more than just save your life, but prevent common traumatic brain injuries that are hard to statistically quantify but can really make a difference in actual recovery and quality of life post-crash.

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Regular_Dick t1_jdxrqdl wrote

There are plenty of water bottles with handles on them in our nations landfills. We could dig um up and rinse them off. We could also use them to make giant recycled plastic saltwater bottle rockets to inhabit the moon and mars. Just don’t let them burn them into the atmosphere at a cement plant incinerator. Also whatever we do, Crystal Geyser should help pay for capitalizing off our Apathy.

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AndroidMyAndroid t1_jdxquil wrote

It's possible but it's a fact that the face and lower jaw is the most common impact zone on your head. And it's also a fact that the DOT standard to which half helmets are tested to (because they absolutely can't pass any tougher standard) allows enough force to be transmitted to the head to kill you. They're better than nothing but please get a proper, preferably ECE rated helmet. I have a 6D and honestly believe it's objectively, and by some margin the safest helmet on the market, but anything with MIPS will not only save your life it'll prevent traumatic brain injuries. There's a lot of things that can happen to your head between "dead" and "normal", and a good helmet can not only keep you alive but keep your from drooling on yourself for the rest of your life.

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