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A recent helmet study showed that helmet specs that required protection to the skull in super high impacts were actually imparting higher loads on the skulls in lesser load crashes that were the statistical majority, than helmets designed for lesser specs.
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Helmet-wise, it would be good to have a helmet that could do both...be compliant enough to cushion the blow in lesser hits, yet resilient enough to protect in the huge hits.
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Good points. An easy to relate to example is the cheap vs. good roll bar padding. The cheap stuff won't hurt you at a very low velocity (punch it with an easy jab), punch it hard and you wouldn't even know it was there. Worthless for our needs. The good stuff--doesn't feel like it would cushion much but I am pretty confident that if you whack your arm on it one good time--you'll be thankful it was there.