Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Who Do You Have to Thank for Motorcycle Helmets?

In part, Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns, a British neurosurgeon. He was a neurosurgeon who treated T.E. Lawrence after Lawrence's fatal crash in 1935. That experience sparked Cairns's research on head protection for motorcyclists.
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4 comments:

  1. Stewart Dean9/20/2011 6:14 PM

    And the Rolls of Rolls-Royce was killed in 1907 when, before the days of seat belts, he was thrown up while flying and had his skull punctured by a bolt protruding down above the pilot's seat. The Rolls-Royce badge had been red. Thereafter, it was black in his memory.

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  2. Anonymous9/21/2011 8:23 AM

    And still there are states in the US where helmets are not compulsory.
    Praise Darwin ;-)

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  3. Comrade Misfit9/21/2011 10:51 AM

    This summer, in upstate NY, a boatload of motorcyclists held a "protest ride" and rode without theirhelmets.

    One of the riders crashed his bike, hit his head and died.

    Darwin at work.

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  4. Ruckus9/21/2011 8:06 PM

    Stu
    If you have nothing to put inside you don't need a helmet.

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