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<blockquote data-quote="Hilly" data-source="post: 6777486" data-attributes="member: 3575"><p>I have ridden quad bikes on steep and rough hill ground for 33 years.</p><p></p><p>All the evidence is that wearing a helmet significantly increases the risk of accidents. It impairs both vision and hearing and possibly gives false sens of security.</p><p>The evidence from HSE supports this. They recorded that of all serious or fatal quad accidents, something like 30% of riders were wearing helmets and that 70% weren't. So they made the false claim that wearing a helmet was definitely safer.</p><p></p><p>But my own observations are that no more than 10% of riders wear a helmet, so it appears that they are twice or thrice as likely to have an accident than riders not wearing helmet.</p><p></p><p>The only time I reckon I should wear a helmet is when I ride through the coconut plantation during the expected ''drop'' season.</p></blockquote><p>I had a Honda big Rex trike fir a decade and survived that in the hills so I’m exempt from needing a helmet on my quad , I’ve actually never seen anyone wear one.</p><p></p><p>Hse told me they were laughed off building sites years ago when they tried to force them to wear hard hats , 30 years on the hard hat is a badge of honour with them , might come on farms ??? Maybe not who knows, cool looking helmets with built in dab radio all want one ? GAp in the market ?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Hilly, post: 6777486, member: 3575"] I have ridden quad bikes on steep and rough hill ground for 33 years. All the evidence is that wearing a helmet significantly increases the risk of accidents. It impairs both vision and hearing and possibly gives false sens of security. The evidence from HSE supports this. They recorded that of all serious or fatal quad accidents, something like 30% of riders were wearing helmets and that 70% weren't. So they made the false claim that wearing a helmet was definitely safer. But my own observations are that no more than 10% of riders wear a helmet, so it appears that they are twice or thrice as likely to have an accident than riders not wearing helmet. The only time I reckon I should wear a helmet is when I ride through the coconut plantation during the expected ''drop'' season. [/QUOTE] I had a Honda big Rex trike fir a decade and survived that in the hills so I’m exempt from needing a helmet on my quad , I’ve actually never seen anyone wear one. Hse told me they were laughed off building sites years ago when they tried to force them to wear hard hats , 30 years on the hard hat is a badge of honour with them , might come on farms ??? Maybe not who knows, cool looking helmets with built in dab radio all want one ? GAp in the market ? [/QUOTE]
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