> _If you wear a big, bulbous helmet - ie full face that has a long protruding element off of your chin, you increase the leverage on breaking your neck. I spent a lot of time exploring this many moons ago. This is why downhill skiers wear smaller helmets these days, even though they are going faster._
Wondering what you came across in your exploring... the neck injury issue has long been an argument against helmets in motorcycling, but there's never been any actual data to support the argument.
Jan. 12, 2022, 6:23 p.m. - Squint
> _If you wear a big, bulbous helmet - ie full face that has a long protruding element off of your chin, you increase the leverage on breaking your neck. I spent a lot of time exploring this many moons ago. This is why downhill skiers wear smaller helmets these days, even though they are going faster._ Wondering what you came across in your exploring... the neck injury issue has long been an argument against helmets in motorcycling, but there's never been any actual data to support the argument.