Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet

  • ifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    That’s not how helmets work. The outer shell certainly helps mitigate bumps and bangs, but what really protects your head is the styrofoam inner that compresses like an airbag upon impact.

    • Neato@ttrpg.network
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      9 months ago

      No it’s both. The outer shell deforms before breaking and then the foam absorbs the rest of the impact.