[TD in DC]

Originally Posted by John Brown

The supports are credited by some with the ancillary benefit of providing support for the weight of the helmet in normal use. Whatever.

I don't get to the gym very much anymore (i.e., I never go to the gym, ever) since all the kids came along (as if they just showed up on my doorstep), and when I do (i.e., a bald-faced lie just to save face), I don't work out my neck.

I notice a big difference at some tracks (e.g., VIR, Watkins Glen) between the days when I use the neck collar and the days I do not. I don't have sport seats, and if I don't use the collar, my neck (i.e., chicken neck with not enough muscle to even support the measly weight of my standard, lower-end Bell helmet) is sore for the next two or three days, but when I use the collar, my neck is fine after the event.

It never occurred to me that the collar could prevent serious neck injury. OG Racing convinced me to buy one based on the idea that it would prevent you from getting a sore neck from trying to support the helmet weight. It works as advertised for me, and it was worth the $20.

Are you saying that, by providing a fulcrum for neck rotation, the collar actually increases the chance of serious neck injury in the event of a serious accident, or are you just saying that the collars will not help?