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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!geac!zooid!gaea
- From: Mother Nature <gaea@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: Re: Bicycle Helmets
- Organization: The Zoo of Ids
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 19:16:13 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.191613.10540@zooid.guild.org>
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- Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow) writes:
- >gaea@zooid.guild.org (Mother Nature) writes:
- >
- >> I think bicycle helmets are a great idea, and I think that all "serious"
- >> bicyclists (defined as bicyclists who do a lot of road riding, racing, or who
- >> go very fast) should wear one. But I would hate to see them mandatory, it
- >> would really put a damper on just taking my bike down to the store, or going
- >> for a leisurely evening ride.
- >
- >Actually, once you get used to a helmet, you don't feel comfortable without it,
- >even on a quick ride to the store, or a leisurely evening ride. I finally got
- >one, wore it a few times, then felt "naked" riding without it.
-
- I don't have a bike helmet now, but I feel uncomfortable (mentally) when I am
- out. I am getting one within a week or two (delayed Christmas present ;).
-
- >Another reason to wear the helmet on short rides is that most accidents
- >probably happen in the first few minutes of a ride (of any length), as is the
- >case with motorcycles. I forget the exact figures, but a large percentage of
- >serious bicycle injuries (head injuries) happen when the bike is moving slowly
- >or is standing still.
-
- What differentiates a bicycle accident that happens when you're not moving and
- just a plain "accident"?? I mean, you can fall off of just about anything
- that's hip height or so, they don't call it a "wall accident" (gotta watch out
- for those... :)
-
- >A bicycle helmet one of those things you think will be uncomfortable, and may
- >be the first time you try it, but in a very short time you wonder how you got
- >along without it. :)
-
- I don't doubt it one bit.
-
- Gaea
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