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Im looking for opinions on neck braces.
I personally use one when I ride and race along with the matching chest guard (leatt). My buddy claims they're useless and do nothing but injure your spine when you crash.
Anyone want to comment their thoughts or experiences??
I personally use one when I ride and race along with the matching chest guard (leatt). My buddy claims they're useless and do nothing but injure your spine when you crash.
Anyone want to comment their thoughts or experiences??
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To each there own !
The Shop
If Ken Roczen doesn’t want to wear one, that’s fine with me. Until my kid is an adult and making that decision for himself, I’ll put one on him
https://www.actionsportsems.com/case-study-neck-brace
Pit Row
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Just-heard-the-neck-brac…
Lets take seatbelts. They cause all sorts of injuries. Broken ribs, sternum, lots of serious neck injuries, lacerations etc. I dont stop wearing one because they injure people. Yes iv been to crashes were people have not been wearing one & they got thrown clear from a vehicle & servived. Every crash is different, But the overwhelming evidence & what iv seen firsthand is they help a lot more than they injure. Its compulsory here to wear one. But if it wasnt id say only 20-30% of people would. But why is that? Why do we need to be forced to make the safe choice?
Just my 10p worth. To OP, Do your own research & make your own call. A neck injury is life changing & i wouldnt want to make a safety call on something someone told a friend of a friend while they were at the pub & had 10 pints.
on a side note cant say ive seen a reference to it, but why do F1 drivers where one? thats the pinnacle of motorsports right there
I remember in the 1960s cars did not come with seat belts. A law was passed and we had to start installing seat belts in the used cars we sold. I heard all of the same excuses for not wearing seat belts. The most common story that was repeated was "the car was totaled but I lived because I was thrown clear of the accident". Lots of other stupid comments. Do you make your kids wear their seat belts? Same stupid shit when airbags came out.
I had one of the first Bell Star full face helmets and heard "it will break your collar bones", "you can't see out of them" and "you overheat wearing them". Now how many open face helmets do you see at the track?
If the top pros were paid to wear neck braces and real chest protectors most people would be wearing them at the track.
So one kid reportedly suffered a near fatal laceration on his neck because a neck brace broke. What was the mechanism of injury? Are we sure it was the brace and not part of the bike that caused the laceration? Was his helmet and brace the correct size? Was this an anomaly? What is the percentage of broken jagged Atlas neck braces per 1000 crashes? What is the percentage with Leatt and Alpinestars? My Alpinestars brace broke absorbing the energy of the impact but still staid in place and did not shatter into jagged pieces.
Nothing is perfect and there are always anomalies and different dynamics that come into play with a motorcycle accident. One may always point to the small percentage to indict the group as a whole.
Motocross and dirtbikes attract such a blue collar, lower working class, lesser educated demographic. You wouldn't let your kid play Pop Warner peewee football without every piece of protective equipment. But you will let them jump 80 feet through the air on an 85 with just a helmet and a jersey.
Was put on back board and had ct scans
Tiny crack is all they found had he not been wearing it well not worth thinking about !
I make my kids where them but I never have coming from the oldkooldays
We will never know!
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