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Old 03-26-2011, 11:41 PM
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Just remember, a helmet is not a license to take risks. They reduce some injuries but not others. It is very easy to get a concussion while wearing a helmet. The total G forces are reduced by only a small amount is a high speed impact. They do best at reducing skull fractures.

I know someone who hit another motorcyclist head on. He was wearing a full face motocross helmet. He broke the helmet on the oncoming motorcyclist's helmet. The oncoming motorcyclist died at the scene and Victor suffered a concussion and broke his upper jaw bone (maxila) and the orbit of his eye.

Gary Busey's brain injury was most likely made much worse by his prior alcohol and cocaine abuse. It reduces the brain's ability to recover.

But, It is about time someone spoke up about Gary Busey's behavior as representative of many TBI and mTBI persons who are walking around as the invisible wounded.
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