| Re: CPSC/Safety Test Statistics - Where?
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:10:56 GMT, Gawnsoft
<xlucid@users.sourceforge.remove.this.antispam.net > wrote:
>
> For cycle lane travel, where, as you point out, the worst injury to
> the head is a minor (i.e. shallow) cut (albeit one that looks very
> bloody), why not try a woolly cap. Or one of the 70's bike helmets
> made of strips of padded leather.
>
Thank you for the response.
Not sure that I'd agree that "shallow" always applies: am aware of one
death from such accidents. Agree, however, that it's not quite as serious
as being mangled by an 18-wheel truck.
In fact, I am quite happy to wear a helmet: I don't think it makes me
silly (sic); and if I did I wouldn't care; likewise, I don't tfind them to
be a major discomfort or inconvenienece.
My challenge seems to be finding some objective, reasonably scientific
evidence (such as deceleration rates) that show what's good, bad and
ugly). Have trawled the web, to no avail.
Any thoughts in this regard would be appreciated.
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