The Helmet Question
Would a helmet have helped?
That is the question I have been asking myself since my step-dad was in a motorcycle accident on Monday.
Unlike seatbelts, motorcycle helmets are not required by law in Iowa. It is a freedom thing and one that I understand, and in principle, agree with. After all, I am a consenting adult capable of making my own decisions. Seatbelt or motorcycle helmet, I don’t believe the government has the right to tell me that I must protect myself.
Obviously, no helmet would have helped to prevent the cracked ribs.
Would a helmet have protected him from the minute skull fracture? Maybe. The fracture was in such a place that it would have largely depended on where the bottom of the helmet was.
Would a helmet have kept him from getting the laceration on the back of his head? Undoubtedly.
Is my step-dad lucky to be alive? Absolutely.
26 April 2007 at 11:57
Sending all of you big hugs.