ive had lots of motorcycle accidents,only two minor quad accidents,now ive allways worn minimum helmet, jacket(with integral armour pads or when offroad then full armour,),gloves an boots,(went down the side of a car(driftin on my old duke in italy!)and was only my boots that saved my leg and foot,and my handguard stopped me crushin my hand,helmets have saved me bone a couple a times,when i was young sometimes we never wore gloves or boots but when we were fckin around chasin chickins,and we fell off,sometimes it hurt more than it should of. anybody who hurts or kills themself without takin reasonable precautions has only got themself to blame and there statistic of "deaths by quads "should not be included.shame someone dies but,lifes hard and then u die. i consider with quads that reasonable protection means:- helmet,body armour or bike jackett,gloves,long leg pants,no shorts(i know how nice to ride with t an shorts is but if u play with fire expect to get burned),boots,handguards,nerf bars(i say this cos i went sideways into tree,not too fast but they saved my body from a full impact if never had em it would of been a lot worse. hope someone can learn from this without waiting to learn the hard way