I've seen what happens if someone hits a safety sign post with his face at about 40 mph whilst wearing an open face helmet. That was enough for me. I came along just after it happened. Bike on the road, girlfriend unhurt but in shock and couldn't stop crying, friend on another bike in deep shock and his girlfriend who could not stop crying either. The guy on the ground was beyond help.
Very sad and mainly due to a badly placed safety sign just off the end of the guard rail. The guy had taken the corner just a fraction too fast and slid along the guard rail straight into the post.
I spoke to someone at the local road depot but the kept putting the post back in the same place. I passed every day with my truck and pushed it over with the bumper on the truck until they finally got the message and put the sign safely behind the guard rail.
Not something I ever want to see again and it convinced me that my decission to always wear a full face helmet whilst riding a bike was the correct choice.
Got me thinking...I feel claustrophobic in a full face. I wear a Shoei J Cruise 3/4. Md says you don't need a motorcycle helmet if in an enclosed body. I guess that too is open to interpretation on a M3W. I've shown pics to a few cop friends who said they'd never pull it over for lack of a helmet, but that's not every cop either.
