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Upside down 8-Jun-2007 At 5:17:05 PM kezza

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On 8/06/2007 rod wrote:
>TonyB: for the one incident I'm closely aware of wherein someone flipped
>from just above the second bolt, the person crushed the back of their skull
>about 3 inches above their neck and the form of my new helmet would likely
>have prevented that.

unless it was a pointy rock that would fit JUST under where the helmet finishes, a helmut probably would have prevented such an accident as helmets aren't close to your scull like a beanie, they stick out a far bit and the helmet would hit the rock, not there skull. (not very well worded sorry, but someone out there may understand, and be able to word it into adult vocabulary!!)

Try it at home.. put your helmet on, and bang the back of your head against the wall with your chin to your chest i just tryed, looked like a very special kid, and i still couldn'tt hit my head... neck yes, head nope.