How do helmets protect you?

Question

So your head didn’t hit the stone of the road, I guess that helps.

But, you still hit your head on *something,* essentially. The inside of your helmet.

All that force is still in there, right?

In: Physics

Answer 1

The inside of a helmet is cushioned, softening the blow. Also some helmets are like crumple zones for cars. They’re designed to absorb the impact and transfer that force into something else (in this case the structure of the helmet) instead of that force going into your head.

Also, motorcycle helmets are next level durable. If u hit the road and slide, that’s a few millimetres of metal scraped off the helmet instead of meat off your skull.