Absolute bellend dad takes a bungee jump holding his 2 year old daughter in his arms

[Orang Utan]

Adults are still pretty likely to do this ime.

They're more likely to fall and put their hands out and less likely to fall out of their seats cos they have their hands on the bars

 

[BristolEcho]

They're more likely to fall and put their hands out and less likely to fall out of their seats cos they have their hands on the bars

All of this is true, but either way when they do fall and there head slams into concrete having a helmet on is going to be much better than not. As I said I know there is a debate around this, but I've seen enough head injuries in my time and a friend with brain damage even when having a helmet on to convince me I'd rather wear a helmet. I nearly got coned between two cars today and a helmet would have made little difference in that incident. We are going off topic a fair amount though.

 

[Orang Utan]

All of this is true, but either way when they do fall and there head slams into concrete having a helmet on is going to be much better than not. As I said I know there is a debate around this, but I've seen enough head injuries in my time and a friend with brain damage even when having a helmet on to convince me I'd rather wear a helmet. I nearly got coned between two cars today and a helmet would have made little difference in that incident. We are going off topic a fair amount though.

I wasn't saying adults shouldn't wear helmets, but that children riding on their parents' bikes are more likely to fall on their heads by accident than the person controlling the bike.

It's OK to stray off topic, you know, we ain't in newsgroups anymore!

 

[LDC]

Aye, I saw a family of four on a motorbike in Mumbai once.

I was driving in a vehicle when we crashed into a motorbike carrying mum, dad, and three kids of varying ages once in a Middle Eastern country. They were miraculously all OK, although we gave them some cash as compensation as we were driving the wrong way down the street.

 

[Proper Tidy]

I suspect most cycling deaths and serious injuries involving adult cyclists are from being hit or run over by a motor vehicle, in which case a helmet makes sweet fa difference to the outcome unfortunately

I got hit from behind by a van and my bike helmet literally saved my life. Often helmets make no difference, sometimes they even make it worse, but if you get knocked off and your head takes the impact then a helmet makes difference between concussion or getting humpty dumptied

 

[BristolEcho]

I wasn't saying adults shouldn't wear helmets, but that children riding on their parents' bikes are more likely to fall on their heads by accident than the person controlling the bike.

It's OK to stray off topic, you know, we ain't in newsgroups anymore!

I agree with the top statement. And the bottom one!

 

[Dogsauce]

I wasn't saying adults shouldn't wear helmets, but that children riding on their parents' bikes are more likely to fall on their heads by accident than the person controlling the bike.

Not necessarily, kids are strapped in, adults not.

Bike seat I have was for a long time much taller than my son with kind of wings out to the side, so if the bike went over (and it did once at low speed in a park) there wasn’t really any way that he’d hit his head. Usually both of us have helmets on, but there’s been the odd time that I’ve not been able to find one of them and still bothered going out.

Somewhere there’s a nice video of families in the Netherlands with kids on bikes in all kinds of ways, stood on crossbar etc, but they have decent paths there.

 

[Poi E]

However merely coming off your bike will rarely result in serious consequences for an adult cyclist, whereas I can imagine a toddler in the same fall being much more vulnerable.

Son of my mum's best mate fell of his bike at low speed, hit his head and died a few days later. Head injuries usually show no injury. Guess it is rare, but at the time it was fucking awful. Fine for 24 hours and then into a coma.

 

[Gaia]

Cultural differences. In some parts of SE Asia it’s virtually compulsory to ride a motorcycle with a baby in your arms and at least one other family member getting a backie.

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And evidently in Malaysia it's not compulsory for kids to have any kind of head protection. Wonder what the death toll is from kids falling off motorbikes…?

 

[planetgeli]

And evidently in Malaysia it's not compulsory for kids to have any kind of head protection. Wonder what the death toll is from kids falling off motorbikes…?

Those pics are from Vietnam, as I noted further down in the thread. And Vietnam is not alone, if ahead, when it comes to kids being transported on motorbikes.

However, though it doesn't have a motorbike problem, driving in Malaysia can be a bit mental too seeing as you mentioned it.

 

[editor]

That's not a bungee jump. It's a bungee swing.

Perfectly safe for a two year old in a harness.
Probably more kinetic trauma in a rocking a pram.

The child wasn't in a harness, not that 2 year olds should be going on any kind of bungee jump/swing.