Aventure riders are not the biggest part of bike riders and a statistic that says that more people get neck fractures wearing fullface than people wearing openface is just as flawed as any other statistic.
So the guys in open face survived or did they just die from blood loss? Statistic doesnt say...
Also you need a bit of force to break a neck and I think that many accidents involving openface are moped or scooter accidents or veteran riders who manage to brake down enough before impact.
many of the fullface accidents will be Valentino Rossi look alikes on shiny plastic shell bikes driving much much to fast and hitting cars, lightpoles and whatever on their way off the bike.
If you apply enough force it doesnt really matter what you wear.
Which is one of the reasons that the new Indiana Jones movie sucks. How do you survive a nuclear blast in a refrigirator?
Also think of the "full face helmet snags on things" like this:
If the full face snags on a treestump and twists your neck, then imagine what would happen in an openface? No jaw left anyone? I would rather die fast I think, because having your jaw ripped off is a slow and painfull death.
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