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Adger Smith · 04-08-2024, 10:38 AM

Ken Etter is correct.
I had a WOO customer crash without his neck collar and he is paralized from the neck down.
I crashed in 1999 at Cordova wearing a Simpson closed face Helmet. The one with the small eye opening. A piece of guard rail post got inside the opening and broke my eye orbit and damaged the eye socket.
I'm lucky that University of Iowa was able to do a good repair on it.
I would advise against racing with an open face helmet.
I was torn up pretty bad, but I feel the safety equipment kept it from being worse. Buy good safety equipment and use it.

04-08-2024, 10:38 AM	#4
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,446 Likes: 575 Liked 880 Times in 311 Posts	Re: Open Face Helmet Questions?? Ken Etter is correct. I had a WOO customer crash without his neck collar and he is paralized from the neck down. I crashed in 1999 at Cordova wearing a Simpson closed face Helmet. The one with the small eye opening. A piece of guard rail post got inside the opening and broke my eye orbit and damaged the eye socket. I'm lucky that University of Iowa was able to do a good repair on it. I would advise against racing with an open face helmet. I was torn up pretty bad, but I feel the safety equipment kept it from being worse. Buy good safety equipment and use it. __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS)