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Its down to personal choice, whether you choose to look at all the data available and listen to both sides or not. If you land wrong wearing a full face you can break your neck as the chin bar will force your head back. Same situation in an open face and you are gonne get a messed up face. My crash/helmet experience is as follows-
Full face simpson being worn when car pulled out in front resulted in my creasing the roofline of the car with the helmet. The helmet saved my face, no doubts.
Full face Shoei being worn when mud on road sent me into a ditch at 60mph, I travelled 64ft from the bike. Helmet damage was all to the RHS. I was unconscious for 5min.
Caberg J1 Flip front worn when crashing whilst moped racing on tarmac at 40mph. Mild scuffing to back and side of lid, no damage to me.
Davida Open face worn when car turned right in front of me, I laid the bike down rather than go into the car. Scuffed my chin on the road, helmet has scuffs along the area above my right eye.
A point of note if you plan on wearing a flip front, it is illegal to ride with the front flipped open in the UK. The reason for this is that the helmets are tested with the fronts down, and in the case of the FF's with removable chin bar, with the chin bar removed as well. If you crash with the front flipped open it is hugely likely you will break your neck.
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