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Originally Posted by rjn
So there is a Conquer brand of rally SA rated helmets. I got one. This is the style with the mic boom coming from the one side. From the documentation , looks like a bell spinoff of some kind. I like it. Stupid cheap, comfortable and SA2015 approved. I bought it just to try it out. Got it through amazon.
To the full face crowd, if you're in a closed cockpit car with harnesses, it seems like overkill. Look at the rally guys. That's some of the highest probability of impact driving there is, and that's fia approved. They go plenty fast.
I instruct, and after trying this helmet, much prefer this style. Easier to talk, and less beat up at the end of the day. It's even got cut outs for an intercom system built in.
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To each his/her own and it is their face/life, but despite what WRC does, I would argue that most HPDE drivers are not in a car with the same amount of safety gear as WRC even if they are running harness. Even in a fully prepped enclosed race car bad things can happen. To the best of my knowledge Dale Earnhardt's death was caused by an impact to his jaw which would have likely been less severe with a full face helmet.
I not only think everyone should wear a full face helmet, but we should all be keeping our visors down as well. I break this rule myself from time to time but the chances of an object hitting me in the face on track with the widows down or objects flying through the cockpit/windshield in an accident/incident are high enough that we shouldn't risk it.
I will put it this way, if the danger is high enough that you should wear head protection, why would you wear head protection that doesn't protect the parts of your head that you use everyday to see, smell, communicate and eat? The actual protection far outweighs the slight discomfort.