Research on hats after accidents

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Do companies ever want hats back for research after accidents - before I throw mine in the bin wanted to check? Out hacking yesterday I was bucked off on the road on to my head (from a 16.2h) without my Champion Euro hat I very much doubt I would be typing this today with only some very major bruising and soreness to my back and neck. The hat stayed in one piece and tomorrow I will be out to buy another.
 
Yes they do! Was it in last week's H&H? Do remember reading it. sorry can't help more but hang on to your hat until more info comes (or email the company?)
 
jhucks said:
Do companies ever want hats back for research after accidents - before I throw mine in the bin wanted to check? Out hacking yesterday I was bucked off on the road on to my head (from a 16.2h) without my Champion Euro hat I very much doubt I would be typing this today with only some very major bruising and soreness to my back and neck. The hat stayed in one piece and tomorrow I will be out to buy another.
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Yes I believe in some cases they do. A fellow livery many years ago died following complications about a bleed on her brain after her sons horse bucked her off. She hit her head on the kerb. Unfortunately she hadn't been wearing her had but a borrowed hat which presumably hadn't given the correct fit necessary. From what I remember at the time the hospital wanted to see the damaged hat but then the insurance company wanted to see it too. I am not sure that the hat manufacturer would have got involved as it was clear it was a borrowed hat and therefore fit had been compromised. Anyway very sad but Mandy died a few weeks after the accident leaving her husband and two sons, ironically one of whom died not long after following a brain tumour.

The horse who had always been a handful was sold on to someone who knew what had happened to its rider. Mandy had known her son was having problems with the horse prior to the accident. She was a fairly novice rider but wanted her son to be safe on the roads so took it upon herself to hack the horse out in order to make it safer for her son. Heartbreaking.

The trouble with riding hats are that they are not tested on the side of kerbs like cycle helmets are. This is presumably because you stand more chance of striking your head on the side of a kerb from falling from a bike than from a horse. And at the end of the day sadly nothing can prevent brain injury resulting from your brain hitting your skull.
 
Several years ago there were some rider fatalities, and I knew a couple of them, one was an older lady and another a girl I had gone to school with, very safety concious and both were wearing the same make of hat. I happened to mention that fact to someone at a BHS stand. Several months later that hat stopped being advertised and I wondered if there were any problems with it. It isn't on the market any more. It WAS a long time ago and standards generally are higher now.
 
applecart14 said:
Yes I believe in some cases they do. A fellow livery many years ago died following complications about a bleed on her brain after her sons horse bucked her off. She hit her head on the kerb. Unfortunately she hadn't been wearing her had but a borrowed hat which presumably hadn't given the correct fit necessary. From what I remember at the time the hospital wanted to see the damaged hat but then the insurance company wanted to see it too. I am not sure that the hat manufacturer would have got involved as it was clear it was a borrowed hat and therefore fit had been compromised. Anyway very sad but Mandy died a few weeks after the accident leaving her husband and two sons, ironically one of whom died not long after following a brain tumour.

The horse who had always been a handful was sold on to someone who knew what had happened to its rider. Mandy had known her son was having problems with the horse prior to the accident. She was a fairly novice rider but wanted her son to be safe on the roads so took it upon herself to hack the horse out in order to make it safer for her son. Heartbreaking.

The trouble with riding hats are that they are not tested on the side of kerbs like cycle helmets are. This is presumably because you stand more chance of striking your head on the side of a kerb from falling from a bike than from a horse. And at the end of the day sadly nothing can prevent brain injury resulting from your brain hitting your skull.
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Would that mean that technically a cycle helmet is jsut as safe as a riding hat? I remember seeing a lady eventing in a full face DH helmet as the spec was higher. OH is also wondering as he thinks horsey hats look horrible and so he wants to wear his DH one!
 
I believe that cycle helmets differ from riding hats in so much that a riding hat is designed to withstand a greater impact as a bike wont technically 'throw you' whereas a cycle helmet is designed to prevent impact from sharp objects i.e kerb. I may be wrong here, but I am sure that is the difference.

RIP Mandy
 
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