This is why I always wear the best helmet I can afford

[blamebrampton]

See the cracks and missing chunk in this image:



That would be my head.

If you ride slowly on cycle paths or in Copenhagen, you can get by without one. Over 10kph/6mph and in mixed traffic, just cope with helmet hair. Brains belong on the inside!

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[17catherines.livejournal.com]

I was very lucky to survive, in fact. Lungs don't really like trying to share the same location as all one's other internal organs.

Dad told me about the bicycle being at the shop, and I wanted to go see it, after I got out of hospital, but Mum wouldn't let me... The ironic thing about all of this is that while I still flinch a bit if a large truck turns around a corner a bit too close to me, I was pretty much un-traumatised by the accident. My family, who were there when it happened, were much more messed up by it - Dad still has nightmares, I think.

And I second your statement about mandatory helmets and compulsory voting. Just brilliant.