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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin2!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!txtfeed2.tudelft.nl!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!prichard.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4e343e1d$0$2482$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Doctors against helmet compulsion Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:23:37 +0100 References:   <99gl1iFedvU1@mid.individual.net>  <4PSdnbr-K7EGIK7TnZ2dnUVZ7ridnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk> <4e341554$0$2495$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>  Lines: 42 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 861321a1.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=><?;TfPLcZCMQjRofn0MVB0g@SS;SF6nGR9OH0:RnEND2Bnd^9j0A0K`:ITG5aA:cGi=LT1>?NjRE X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 3015 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:848245

On 30/07/2011 15:51, Simon Mason wrote: > > "Nuxx Bar"  wrote in message > news:4e341554$0$2495$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... >> On 30/07/2011 09:15, Simon Mason wrote: >>> >>> "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote in message >>> news:pZFYp.13598$VZ6.2596@newsfe18.ams2... >>> >>>> >>>> I have been told by a doctor after a crash that I "must" start >>>> wearing a >>>> helmet or stop cycling. This despite the fact that I showed no signs or >>>> symptoms of any lasting damage to my head after said crash. I am >>>> completely certain that had I been wearing one I'd have been solemnly >>>> assured that it saved my life. >>>> >>> >>> I spent 15 minutes in A+E being berated for not wearing a helmet after I >>> had bust my collarbone - my head was never touched. >> >> Your head was very nearly damaged though, wasn't it? > > Nowhere near.

The collar bone is near the head, is it not?

> Although when I fell asleep and hit the central barrier of the M62 at > 70mph, I did bump my head somewhat.

Jesus. Negligent much? I've never done anything so irresponsible or dangerous when driving, and I hope I never will.

Those "tiredness can kill, take a break" signs are (unlike some motorway signs, particularly some of the matrix ones) very good advice and not just there for the fun of it. You must have felt tired, so why did you not take a break? Did you feel tired before you set off? Was there any reason for the tiredness (like a lack of sleep, medication, or, dare I ask, drinking)? I'm surprised at you and I hope this was a long time ago.

Oh, but you weren't "speeding", so I guess what you did could only have been so dangerous.