If I stick my head out a car window or a gust of wind hits my face it's like my throat closes and I can't breathe. How come motorcycle riders without helmets don't seem to have this problem?

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• blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bikers don’t ride around with their mouths open

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If they want to filter feed on bugs they smile.

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  • paranoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I used to go riding with my dad, and he had this incredible talent to, while actively riding at like 30mph, grab his pack of cigarettes, take one out with his teeth, and then light it with his zippo. Then just smoke as we rode. I was impressed 100% of the time.

    He told me he’s definitely gotten some bugs in his mouth. Extra protein, he’d say.

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  • RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    or do they

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• schwim@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s the same as being unable to breathe the first few seconds of submerging yourself in water while wearing SCUBA gear. Your brain is overriding your normal action of breathing but doing this multiple times teaches your brain that it’s not unsafe so that involuntary response diminishes over time until it simply doesn’t occur.

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• blackbeans@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can personally tell you that riding a motorcycle without fairing or helmet at high speeds is also not pleasant. The wind gets annoying quickly, there is an ear defending noise and getting a mosquito in your eyes at 100 miles per hour is definitely painful.

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• BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social ⁨49⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Side note: beards cut down wind noise in your ears.

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• Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There are simply no car windows on a motorcycle…

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  • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk ⁨35⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Of course not. Those are motorcycle windows.

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• SEND_BUTTPLUG_PICS@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Typically the type of rider who rides without a helmet has some sort of other protection from the wind in the form of a windscreen or fairings on the motorcycle to deflect wind away from their face. It’s mostly a comfort thing though because it’s not impossible to ride without a helmet even without wind protection especially if you’re just cruising around town at lower speeds.

  Even people who do wear helmets appreciate these features on their motorcycles because having the wind blasting against your helmet can be very loud and tire out your neck muscles.

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• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  One thing that might be a factor is the Bernoulli effect (moving air has lower pressure than still air). When your head is in moving air but your chest is in relatively still air, that would create a pressure differential that makes it harder to draw air into your lungs. On a motorcycle, your whole body is in moving air so the pressure differential wouldn’t exist.

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