Product: Helmet
End it all Helmet   (+4, -8)  [vote for, against]
Crash helmet for those afraid of the consequences

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?
-- theNakedApiarist, Jun 02 2008

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]

I think your insurance premiums might go up a tad. Terrible idea all round. [-]
-- etherman, Jun 02 2008


This is only a mechanical extension of the topical 'living wills' you might have heard about.
-- theNakedApiarist, Jun 02 2008


there's no guarantee that you just won't be more horribly damaged.
-- po, Jun 02 2008


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.
-- Jscotty, Jun 02 2008


There is a category- Product: Helmet
even though I don't think it's a very good idea, either.
-- xandram, Jun 02 2008


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.
-- Ozone, Jun 02 2008


I will bun this idea ... If you read the story about Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk, in Tim O'Briens "The Things hey Carried".
-- MikeD, Jun 02 2008


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.

Besides, doesn't need to be a helmet - one of those necklaces from the movie "Wedlock" (Rutger hauer) would do just as well. <link>
-- 8th of 7, Jun 02 2008


Hi there [etherman]!

<waves>
-- wagster, Jun 04 2008


Can you add peril sensitive sunglasses to the mix? No need to see it coming at you.
-- Ozone, Jun 04 2008


I like it. Now I know what to get my wife for her birthday.
-- bneal27, Jun 04 2008


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.

A better way to commit suicide is to take an anti-emetic 1 hour before ingesting a good handful of barbituates. 100% effective. [fishbone]
-- Klaatu, Jun 04 2008


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.

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.
-- ye_river_xiv, Jun 04 2008


Now introducing, the Running With Scissors Tag Team.
-- Ozone, Jun 05 2008


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).

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.
-- Custardguts, Jul 29 2008



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