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- From: serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin)
- Subject: Re: HELMETS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.155742.14850@spdc.ti.com>
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- References: <1992Nov19.221352.17753@csrd.uiuc.edu> <1eh763INNa20@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:57:42 GMT
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- In article <1eh763INNa20@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
- >In article 17753@csrd.uiuc.edu, leung@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Bruce Leung) writes:
- >>
- >>I have to agree with Mike on this one. Peripheral vision as defined
- >>by my Webster's New World Dictionary
- >
- >1. Dictionary definitions are for people who can't handle reality (or
- >was that drugs...)
- >
- >2. You (and Mike) are splitting hairs. Whether the vision is
- >peripheral or just "over there" (moving your eyes) is not the point.
- >The point is that wearing a helmet compromises your vision. To dispute
- >the fact is an exercise in futility. Put on a hemet and see (get it?)
- >for yourself.
- >
-
- Can't agree with this one Ed. The very minimal area that the helmet blocks
- when I just turn my eyes is pretty useless. All I tend to see is a blur. If I
- really want to know what's happening in that region I HAVE to turn my head.
- With or without a helmet that information I gain by only turning my eyes is
- pretty useless.
-
- >Personally, I think the trade off between reduced vision and protection
- >is, on balance, a positive one, but that's my choice, not my
- >legislature's.
-
- Agreed, we shouldn't have legislatures making these kind of choices for us.
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