Helmet Safety and TBI Books

Helmet Safety 

In reading back over my posts, I realize that I contradicted myself. With that said I mean that I call myself “stupid” when I clearly state in the title that I do not consider myself

that at all.    Clearly stated I didn’t wear a helmet on the day of my accident. (so I was stupid pre-accident not after).  Not wearing my helmet  was the stupidest thing that I’ve ever done in my life.  Even if you are only riding your ATV to the mail box put that helmet on your head and strap it tight!   Wear a helmet for riding bicycles, skate boards,  scooters, motorcycles anything that will cause a jolt to your brain if you fall.    Adults listen to to this and make your children wear helmets  no matter what their age and you as adults must wear helmets too.  Yes even on your ATV’s.  

 What I saw while living  in FL was awful. Adults were holding baby’s/toddlers on their laps in ATV while they were mud bogging!  They need to get a babysitter for these children! ATV riding is not for babies it is an adult sport and can be a dangerous one at that.  I am not an alarmist but common sense and rules need to be followed.   Hundreds of people are injured or die every year from ATV accidents due to ignorance and or laziness.   Don’t let this happen to you or your loved one.  Prevention is the key.  Put your helmet on and make them wear theirs.   

Chances are pretty good that a helmet would have changed my life forever.  A helmet may have prevented me from losing the right part of my temporal lobe of my brain. That is what the neurosurgeon had to remove surgically after I had been flown to the hospital.  He said that I tried to kill my brain and then it tried to kill me by swelling.  I had many other injuries in addition to this one  but this was the biggest and most life altering. 

I have not read these yet but they're on my "To Do" list:

TBI Hell: A Traumatic Brain Injury Really Sucks110cc Four Wheelers 6" Tires Atvs, Spider Black

21st Century Veterans Health: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) VA Independent Study Course and Additional Material - Cognitive Problems, Living with TBI, Family Impact, Treatment

MY ATV(quad runners) or 4 wheelers crash -Now I'm Disabled

              This blog's purpose:
                                   
                                  to generate more awareness  of need for helmets when riding ATV's
                                 
                                  to tell how dangerous ATV'S can be        
                                                      
                                 how to  recognize the difference between a disablitiy and lack of 
                                 intelligence

ATV accident May 2003 - I'm permanetly disabled

             May 2003 -- I was young, happy, in love and stupid.  I was not on drugs or drinking alcohol.  I was a passenger on an all terrain vehicle,  a quad-ruuner a (4-wheeler) Polaris. No matter what you call it, it's a motorized vehicle in the state of PA and should be treated with the respect that it deserves. We were  out for a leisurely "ride" but what happened was anything but leisurely.  Unfortunately or fortunately, I don't remember what happened only what I was told. This is the story that the person driving the ATV told me.

 Apparently his ball cap blew off of his head while he was driving the vehicle and he let go of the handlebars to grab it.  Reaching back over his shoulder and not looking where he was going he attempted to grab for his cap. Just long enough for us to  have the horrible crash. This one second would inevitably change my life forever. No, I wasn't wearing a helmet. We were "just going for a ride"...