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.jpgI 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 random, halfbakery