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maatc says...

As we can see in the Michael Schumacher case: wearing a helmet does not necessarily protect you from a bad injury, but can make a big difference in life or death accident-scenarios

He fell at slow speed right next to the groomed track, his head hit a rock and the impact broke his helmet. No indication of "reckless behaviour" at all there, just the worst possible place to fall at. He would be dead had he not worn one.

ChaosEngine said:

Regarding the helmet/death statistics.. I'd be interested to see what percentage of deaths are from people wearing helmets.

It doesn't matter if 70% of people are wearing helmets if the 30% who aren't are the ones doing potentially fatal activities. A family who ski/ride once a year and wear helmets on green runs are probably not going to die, but that 14 year old who's going for it in the half-pipe every chance s/he gets is at a higher risk.

I snowboard pretty regularly myself and these days I tend to stick with back/side country. I've pretty much always worn a helmet, but I used to see a lot of young guys in the park hitting decent sized jumps/rails without one.

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maatc says...

10 People piling on top of him like that mid kneeslide? Ouch!
The rehab program for both of his torn quadriceps will probably cost him about 100.000 Euros.

Check for Dupes when Validating Embed Code (Internet Talk Post)

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maatc says...

I think quite the opposite. Similar? Yes! Dupe? No!
The other one is just a splutter of lips, where mine is somebody actually speedrapping on top of it. Big difference in quality in my ears. I think this one is better, but I guess that is a matter of taste.

Don´t get me wrong: I do not care about losing the votes if my clip is marked as a dupe, but I would hate to see this version get lost because of it.

Maybe @Mordhaus can keep his post and swap in my embed? Just an idea, not twisting anyones arm...

Any other opinions on this? *discuss

chicchorea said:

so sorry, but audio difference not a meaningful differential...*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Talking-Eggs

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