there is also a problem of really cheap helmets made from thin plastic and while it's better than nothing it doesn't really protect the sides or face.
A really good friend of mine was hit by car while wearing one of these. She didn't die, but there are a lot of people that probably feel it may have been better if she did. She was in a coma for 2 months and when she came to she had severe brain damage, she can't do anything for herself and hasn't even spoken in a year... can't walk, cant eat, cant use the toilet, she's basically a vegetable ( i dunno if we are allowed to say that word anymore, but i don't mean it in a not nice way).
It is a shame when this happens to anyone but she was a great friend, always so alive and boisterous, the life of the party and super loving person.
It inspired me to revisit my will after this incident and put a do not resuscitate and a time limit on machines keeping me alive as well.
Shame that is truly tragic :( I had a friend who was in a car accident on the way back from a river rafting adventure. He was not wearing his safety belt and was thrown out of the car. He was paralysed from the waist down, but he was determined that he would walk again. He pushed himself hectically for over a year and was able to walk again but then he got some spinal infection and that all went down the tubes and he went back into a wheel chair. So very sad, because after that... he lost all hope and motivation.
Good idea re. the will. I don't even have one... oops :D