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Those in fear of terrible injury from a motorcycle accident might prefer a crash helmet that, far from attempting to save their life, ensures that any high energy mistake is their last ever. The same mechanism that detects trouble, and fires these motorbike-suit airbags might be reconfigured with sharp
parts to ensure a quick end.
Put into the Car Safety category as there does not seem to be a moto category?
Do Not Resuscitate T-shirt
http://www.zazzle.c...-235073727323354902
[Laughs Last, Jun 02 2008]
brain injuries - not for the squeamish
http://scienceblogs..._brain_injuries.php
[po, Jun 02 2008]
The Abominable Doctor Phibes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066740/
See "Frog Mask" [8th of 7, Jun 02 2008]
Wedlock
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103239/
Don't lose your head ... [8th of 7, Jun 02 2008]
Flying Guillotine
http://en.wikipedia...ying-guillotine.jpg
I think the mechanics of this would achieve what you were thinking. [Zimmy, Jul 29 2008]
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I think your insurance premiums might go up a tad. Terrible idea all round. [-] |
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This is only a mechanical extension of the topical 'living wills' you might have heard about. |
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there's no guarantee that you just won't be more horribly damaged. |
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I would agree. There are many people who survive a suicide attempt only to spend the next 50 to 60 years in a nursing home. |
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There is a category- Product: Helmet
even though I don't think it's a very good idea, either. |
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For states where it is a law to have a helmet wrapped around your head, how about a Faux Helmet... No, never mind. I was changed into a newt last time. |
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I will bun this idea ... If you read the story about Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk, in Tim O'Briens "The Things hey Carried". |
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In the Vincent Price movie "The Abominable Doctor Phibes" <link>, one of the victims is murdered by means of a frog mask (at a fancy dress party) which incorporates a crushing device ..... all rather gruesome. |
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Besides, doesn't need to be a helmet - one of those necklaces from the movie "Wedlock" (Rutger hauer) would do just as well. <link> |
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Can you add peril sensitive sunglasses to the mix? No need to see it coming at you. |
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I like it. Now I know what to get my wife for her birthday. |
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I took care of a patient who put a .38 to his temple and it came out the other side. He was still "sorta" alive. Your idea gives no guarantee of death. |
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A better way to commit suicide is to take an anti-emetic 1 hour before ingesting a good handful of barbituates. 100% effective. [fishbone] |
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I'm pretty sure this is a terrible idea. I once started skidding on the road badly enough to make my airbags pop out BEFORE my car hit anything. I was down to 45 mph by the time I hit a guardrail, and was fine without the airbags. Imagine if my car had been equipped with "End it all" airbags? DOA for no reason. |
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A more reliable means of ending it all would probably be to equip some nice curved scissor/saw blades buried around the bottom edge of the helmet. Decapitation is usually more lethal than penetrating skull injuries. |
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Now introducing, the Running With Scissors Tag Team. |
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I'm sure a good 10mm thick layer of BB-embedded C4 inside the helmet, triggered electronically (maybe a peizo element??) by a sufficiently high-g impact would fit the bill. 200-odd grammes of high explosive and ballbearings would pretty much ensure your demise. Skip the BB's if you want to minimise collateral damage (a little bit). |
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I mean I wouldn't wear one, hell's no, I headbutt too many things when I'm wearing a helmet. But if you had a phobia of becoming paralysed, etc, then maybe you've got two choices - either don't ride, or wear the suicide helmet. |
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