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- From: robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: HELMETS
- Message-ID: <1eege0INNa6d@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 22:34:40 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.121615.3330@cs.hw.ac.uk> <1edptvINN8l1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
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- In article <1edptvINN8l1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
- >Many studies and much personal testimony indicates that a primary cause
- >of motorcycle - automobile accidents result from poor conspicuity of
- >motorcycles.
- >
- >So why on Earth would anyone *NOT* wear a neon orange vest with lime
- >green reflective stripes.
-
- Because (at least in my experience) visibility doesn't determine whether
- an automobile driver will notice you.
-
- Just because they *could* see you 20 miles away doesn't mean they *will* see
- you when you're 20 feet away.
-
-
- As far as this helmet thing is concerned, I, too, am one of those people who
- simply cannot fathom the act of getting on a motorcycle without a helmet.
- But I realize it is pointless to argue about it. Once I tried to convince
- an ambulance driver that everyone (and she, in particular) should wear a
- helmet--especially a full-faced helmet--when riding a motocycle. I was
- strapped to a spine-board on my way to the emergency room with a minor
- concussion, and my helmet (with its fractured, abraded face) was rolling
- around in the back of the ambulance, so I thought I had a particularly
- compelling argument.
-
- No dice. There was just no reasoning with her.
-
- >In general I consider
- >people riding without reflective stickers not to be a REAL biker.
-
- In general, people without motorcycles are not considered to be REAL
- bikers.
-
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