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[RC] Using breast collars compared to Helmets!!??? - q jessen"I've never seen anyone yet be MORE severely injured from wearing a helmet than they would have been without one." I know a girl who use to ride for the flat work on cutting horses for competition. She was on her way to nationals on her horse that was great. They do a full out run with a slide stop. The horse tripped on accident, but at that speed, horse and rider went over. The horse landed on the rider. She had no helmet on. She was in a coma for 6 months. The Dr's told her parents that she would be a vegetable. She proved the dr's wrong, learned to walk (with a severe limp), talk (cant remember things prior to the accident)again. She is alive, handicapped, somewhat blind (has a seeing eye dog/helper dog for her handicap) and still has seizures from the accident. She can never ride any of her horses again because a simple fall would kill her. She was 13years old at the time, straight "A" student, had her college picked out, full life ahead of her, and because she WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET, she is now 23, single mom who has to live with her parents, who are raising her and her baby, because she can't remember to brush her own teeth. Ever since the accident, her parents have made everyone who exercises their horses wear a helmet. If they would have made her do it all the time as a child, this might have been just a bunch of bruises and maybe some broken bones. My parents always made me wear a helmet. I do admit, I hated it as a teen. "What if boys see me?". But I, myself, have come off in some weird accident situations where if I had no helmet, I don't know where I would be right now. I am passing the same knowledge onto my own children. When we go on any rides, if we encounter anyone without a helmet my 10yr and 6yr old daughters comment on how "careless people are for their lives, and their friends and families would be sad if anything happened to them just because they didn't want helmet head". Thank you mom and dad for making me wear a helmet! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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