In response to a few things said back at me I just want to put across a few pointers from my experience of a head on crash and then I’m out of here !
I was travelling down a hill at 33mph and met a Landrover on a single track bridge coming round a blind corner where 364 days a year there are never any cars. It was no ones fault.
I BRAKED in an instant panic and the bike locked up and I went OTB, cleared the Landrover mid air and went head first into the railings. There was no time to make a gentle braking action and power slide to the right and it was automatic to break hard, NO ONE would do any different in that situation. It’s the same as falling off a cliff, if you see a branch you will grab for it, you don’t have time to wonder if it will hold your weight or if it’s covered in thorns.
I don’t even remember what colour the Landrover was(or that it was a Landrover) let alone going over the bars. From the moment I rounded the corner and hit the brakes my mind has blanked the lot.
I clearly hit the railings full on head first. The witness said I din’t even have chance to hold out my hands, so there was no natural instinct kicking in to help save me.
I spent two nights in hospital, the first in intensive care whilst the swelling around my brain was settled.
Doctors opinion and my opinion… the helmet saved my life, and nothing anyone else is going to persuade me otherwise. That’s what a near death experience does to you BUT….
…you’re all individual and all entitled to you own opinion and you all have your own life choices to make. Perhaps I though can appreciate more how quickly and easily it can all be snuffed out and how in most cases you won’t know a thing about it but those around you will.