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If you ride with a shorty or half helmet, you are accepting only 39% of the protection you could obtain. You are literally throwing away 61% of the protection you would have had had you chosen a full-face helmet.

And, of course, if you ride wearing a “novelty” helmet or no helmet at all then you have none of the protection you could have chosen.

The choice is yours.

this is something that need not ask...

it is a must for motorcycle riders
unless you're throwing away your life...

pa alala lng po sa iba kaibigan... dami kasi pasaway s lansangan... ur from karuhantan ?

pa alala lng po sa iba kaibigan... dami kasi pasaway s lansangan... ur from karuhantan ?


yes...

why, familiar ka ba dito?
have you been here?:D

for protection.period.

for protection and pogi points kung maganda design nung helmet...hehehehe

yun lang.no more no less. period din.

i feel much safer pag naka full face helmet ako.....

im an advocate of the usage of full-face helmets

crashed my nighthawk 17 years ago and im a living testament that a full face helmet saved my life.
hit the curb as i was acelerating to 90kph , was thrown over the handlebar and tumbling in the air as the bike was doing a sommersault. landed face first on concrete and stopped rolling 20 ft. away finally ended up in a grassy area. as i got up there were pebbles,dirt and grass in my mouth!.tied staring up the bike but she was history .
in the emergency room the doctor who specialzed in head trauma told me the impact would've surely caused a f*cked up face,severe brain injury if not certain death had it not been for the type of helmet i was wearing.

everytime i recount the accident i could feel the helmet pressing against my face as i was eating pavement and my skull absorbing the impact.

PLS USE DOT/SNELL APPROVED HELMETS AND GET ONE THAT FITS

share ko lang din yung sa aking accident last april. magkasalubong kasi kami nung taxi eh. tapos nung magkatapat na kami nung driver, kumabig sya papunta sa akin kaya nabangga nya yung left rear ko causing my bike to turn to the taxi's side. humampas yung ulo ko sa salamin ng window nya. imagine kung hindi ako naka full face helmet? siguro kasama nung mga nabasag na salamin yung ngipin ko. at yung panga ko, siguro pinagawan ko na lang din na fiberplastic. ride safe...wear a full face helmet!

half face = half face lang protected

office mate ko nakakita ng bike accident sa tapat ng bahay nila naka half face yun rider, ubus yun lower jaw ng rider ..

yes...

why, familiar ka ba dito?
have you been here?:D

yup familiar me dyan my bro in law is taga dyan...

ride safe

Helmet: Get one, even if not required by law—head impacts are not any softer in states without a helmet law. Buy the best quality full-face helmet you can afford. 1/2 and 3/4 (open faced) helmets do not provide any face protection while riding or sliding over the pavement and ground after a crash. By law it must meet DOT standards. You may be safer if it meets the Snell Foundation standard which is more demanding, but there is no consensus on that point.

Fit and comfort is all important—so the best helmet for you is a DOT approved helmet that correctly fits your head and does not cause discomfort while riding. Too small and it can feel like torture. Too large and your head will rattle around inside the helmet during a crash. Each model helmet within a given brand will best fit a particular head shape. The only way to get a correct fit is to try it on, do some basic checks and wear it for a short while before buying. A wrong size or helmet shape will seriously dampen your riding enjoyment and decrease your margin of safety.

Buy gear for the crash, not for the ride


Motorcycle Helmet Quiz: Check Your Head-Protection IQ
Think you know what a motorcycle helmet can and can't do for you? Take the quiz. From the August 2000 issue of Motorcycle Cruiser magazine. By Art Friedman.




TRUE OR FALSE?

1. Motorcycle helmets cause neck injuries.

2. Because of a helmet's limited ability to absorb impact energy, it can't protect you if you have a motorcycle accident over 20 mph.

3. The shell is a helmet's most important component.

4. A D.O.T. helmet probably offers sufficient protection. You probably don't need one with additional certifications.

5. A full-face motorcycle helmet (one with a chinbar) restricts vision.

6. A helmet impairs your ability to hear traffic and other important sounds.

7. Mandatory-helmet-use laws do decrease motorcyclist fatalities.

8. Any helmet that meets the D.O.T. standard offers good protection.

9. You don't really need a helmet when you are going slow, like riding around the city. It is most important to wear one out on the highway.

10. Helmets make your head overheat.

11. Riders wearing helmets are more likely to be involved in an accident.


































ANSWERS

1. False. Studies of accident-involved riders indicate that those wearing helmets a less likely to sustain serious neck injuries. Of course, if you consider the chafing you might sustain from the strap an injury, then we suppose you can say they injure your neck.

2. False. Although a helmet's ability to absorb energy can be reached at a relatively low speed, helmets are rarely required to absorb this kind of energy in a crash. Most of the vector of force is usually just from the drop from the seat to the road, which is relatively minor. However, we have also witnessed accidents where the rider's helmeted head struck an object (the A pillar if a pick-up truck, in one case) with such force that we couldn't believe he could survive, yet the helmet protected him admirably, preventing what would have certainly been a devastating or fatal injury.

3. False. The shell of the helmet prevents penetration and spreads the load, but the Styrofoam-type EPS liner is what actually absorbs the energy of the impact. The shell is also probably more effective at preventing abrasion than the EPS liner, but that is less likely to be a life-or-death injury, even on the head (though your face may get a macadam makeover). So unless you drop lightly on a pointed object or you are primarily concerned with protecting your looks, the answer is False. Not that it matters, since a good helmet has both.



4. True. The real-world difference in protection is not hugely different between helmets that meet the Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) FMVSS 218 standard and those with additional certifications, such as Snell. It's a rare instance when the additional energy-absorption of a Snell or similar standard makes a difference. However, the best helmets usually meet both standards, and while an unscrupulous person might get away with putting a made-up D.O.T. label on a fake helmet (there are standards—often failed—for where D.O.T. stickers must be placed on the helmet, but no requirement standardizing the actual sticker), Snell stickers aren't as easy to make and the Snell Foundation would go after any one who it found counterfeiting its stickers. It also checks helmets for compliance more frequently than the government. However, the Department of Transportation does test for compliance, and you can find the results on the D.O.T. website.

5. This is partially true but not in any important way. The most significant part of this is that full-face-helmet wearers may find that they have to tilt their heads to look down to read the speedometer if the bike wears it on its fuel tank. The D.OT. standard requires a window that is 210 degrees wide, which is just three degrees narrower than the average person's field of vision, and 70 degrees wider than the 140-degree minimum limit set by most state driver requirements. Of course, some eyeports are wider. You probably lose more vision coverage to glasses or sunglasses. If you said False, you give yourself credit, but only give yourself credit for a True responser if you knew how little the restriction is.



6. False. Though it mutes all sounds, by cutting down wind noise and the motorcycle's mechanical sounds, at speed, a helmet makes it as easy to discern important sounds. Put another way, the signal-to-noise ratio is not changed, the volume is just turned down slightly. In fact, because the wind flows more smoothly over the helmet's surface than your uncovered ear, a helmet may actually reduce the amount of wind noise, enabling you to hear other sounds better. If you are standing at a stop and hear impending danger, it is probably too late to react, whether you are wearing a helmet or not. Reducing noise reduces fatigue and other negative effects too.

7. Not popular but True. Even though many people (as high as 40 percent in some areas) do not comply with the spirit or letter of the laws and wear fake helmets (a.k.a. beanies, salad bowls, etc.), helmet laws still seem to reduce fatalities per mile ridden. It is certainly true when D.O.T.-compliant helmets are used very widely.



8. False. Only a D.O.T. helmet that fits properly, won't come off and is fastened snugly can it do its job. Research shows that a helmet that is rolling down the street when you hit the curb is much less effective in preventing injury than one on your head at the same moment. The same is true for the one at home in your garage instead of on your noggin when a car turns left in front of you. However, a properly fitting D.O.T. helmet worn properly does give excellent protection and you have little cause to fret if it lacks Snell or some other certification.

9. Nope. Even though your speed is lower, you are significantly more likely to have an accident in the city than in a rural area, and even if you are only going 15 mph, the distance you drop, which does not change, contributes much to the force of the impact. Add the speed of an oncoming car, and the impact speed can equal that which you hit a tree at in the country. Cities also have more light poles, curbs, buildings, parked cars and other unyielding objects than rural roads.



10. The official verdict is False. The explanation is that while the outer surface of helmet warms up, the foam liner acts as an insulator, reducing the interior temperature increase to a very few degrees. However, a helmet can also keep air from circulating, which is a factor when you are stopped or moving very slowly. Even an unvented helmet allows a little air to circulate when you are moving at 25 mph. But we will concede that there may be circumstances, notably traffic jams in hot, humid weather, where you are significantly hotter in a full-face helmet than with a lesser one or no helmet. There are also times when the heat makes it dangerous to ride no matter what you are wearing or even if you are at a North American Nude Motorcycle Riders Association rally.

11. False. In fact, helmet users are less likely to be involved in an accident according to research. And a recent study learned that riders wearing white helmets or helmets with other bright colors are less likely to be in a crash than those with a less-conspicuous color.

SCORING

11 correct: No need to have spent your time reading the quiz.

1-10 correct: We hope you learned something useful. You might also want to read How to Buy a Motorcycle Helmet

0 correct: Either you learned a lot or you also wasted your time, since you have nothing to protect.

If you think your head is worth P50, then buy a P50 helmet:D

Get at least a lid with a SNELL or DOT approved rating, the others, just formality.

it protect you really so use helmet.

i feel secure and whoever im riding with i make sure that the person is wearing a helmet as well

gwapo po ang dating ko pag naka helmet na ako hehehehe...

pero in the first place safety ang habol ko at di masakit a mata mag drive :D

Riders who wear helmets are less likely to be involved in an accident than those who don't wear helmets because they are much more informed about safety. Wearing safety gears is only one aspect of riding safely and the most important part is riding defensively. It can prevent accidents that can save lives - you and other persons involved - than relying only on safety gears that only protects the wearer. Safety gears are the last defense against unavoidable accidents. Remember, our responsibility as riders is not only for our own safety, but for other people using the same roads as we do. ALWAYS RIDE SAFELY.

I have more sense of security wearing a full face helmet. Once worn you hear yourself breathing and its like a safety chamber there. Having that feeling of really dressing up it kindda makes you aware of the dangers around and be more alert..