that's very cool that your post had an effect on someone in a positive way. I think the companies that try to make inadequate helmets look 'cool' are as bad as tobacco co.'s, they sell a dangerous product that messes people up.
plus it will be excellent protection when the inevitable zombie apocalypse comes.
Having just finished watching "The Walking Dead" on AMC that last comment is more than a little amusing.
As to the first comment about companies being as bad as tobacco companies I disagree a bit. I am actually not in favor of Helmet Laws, seat belt laws, or any other "nanny" law. I am a fan of intelligent decision making however. I believe that an individual has a right to make choices regarding their own life and actions. As far as I am concerned every person has the right not to wear a helmet if they so choose even if I think it is a very unwise choice. I would never do it and I would question not only the intelligence of someone making that choice but also question how much that person cares about the people that love them. To not wear a helmet in this day and age is a completely selfish choice. If you have a parent, child, or spouse that loves you forget about how you would feel if you had a minor accident. The better question to ask yourself is how would your Mother/Father/Spouse/Child feel is she had to visit you in the hospital after your brain surgery. How would it make you feel if you know your choice to not wear a helmet caused them a great deal of emotional pain.
Now I draw a small line when it comes to under age kids, they should be required to wear a helmet, wear a seat belt, or be in a car seat. Let's protect them as best we can until they are at least old enough to make some intelligent decisions for themselves. Some cantankerous old fart might like to make a comment about not having seat belts when they were a kid but lets face it honestly. When there were no seat belts or airbags our cars were not tin foil missiles ripping down the interstate at 80mph 12 feet off the bumper of the car in front during the 40 mile commute. Roads are more crowded, average speeds are higher, and the average yearly miles driven have increased greatly since the "good-ol-days". Cars are designed to protect passengers in a crash based upon the use of seat belts and airbags.
Motorcycle gear and helmet technology have developed so much in the last several decades. Why not take advantage of some of those advances in technology. We may love old motorcycles but we do not have to count on 60's era technology to protect our melons while we enjoy or 60's era technology bikes. I am a bit of an outspoken safety nut because I have had the misfortune of being witness to a number of horrific scenes in my short time on this planet and most of those scenes were the result of someone taking shortcuts with safety. I have stood over bodies at accident sites and put the flames out on the nearly unconscious body of a man who did not have the extra few seconds to electrically ground the aircraft ground power unit he was refueling. I still love to cut loose and do stupid stuff that might get me hurt, like take a car or bike around a race track, but I am damn sure going to take advantage of the things that can help protect me if "F" it all up at 100+ mph.
While I am on my soap box look up Accident Scene Management. If you ride with friends you care about the training might just allow you to help them some day. Even if it is not a friend it you may find yourself being able to come to the aid of a fellow rider and stranger someday. It is one afternoon out of your life and a few cheeseburgers worth of money out of your pocket but in my opinion is a great thing to spend a little time and money on.
http://www.accidentscene.org/
