Although I knew none of what the chap told me, I have always removed the so called armour from my riding gear..
Happened someone I know......Took mine out because I put on a bit of weight over the winter............................., fair weather rider !!
Well, I found out that my wallet in the long pocket left a nice lump on my thighIf you do a search on here (albeit some time ago) I gave examples of crashes I have dealt with where body armour has actually increased the severity of injuries and in some cases contributed to the crash being a fatality.
Enough said?
I don't ride with a phone or keys in my jacket pocket. When I wrote the Bird off, there was a nice phone shaped bruise & an even bigger bruise where I hade my keys & that was only a nice graceful slide from around 20mphWell, I found out that my wallet in the long pocket left a nice lump on my thigh
Falling off the curb doesn't count.I wouldn’t like to say whether the body armour in my leathers and back protector saved me when I had my only off which was at about 2mph.