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- From: pjordan@rp.CSIRO.AU (Patrick Jordan)
- Subject: Re: i can't believe i'm getting into this (was RE: HELMETS)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.042150.9832@rp.CSIRO.AU>
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- Organization: CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, NSW, Australia
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 04:21:50 GMT
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- cass8806@elan.glassboro.edu (Kyle Cassidy) says:
- >
- >night after reading about a zillion posts in this thread i went home and put
- >on my shoi rf-200 and actually _looked_ around and the result of my
- >experiment lead me to conclude that the loss of vision is _insignificant_. i
- >was _aware_ of a black rim around my field of vision, but it wasn't blocking
- >anything that i could have seen anyway....
-
- I've just tried the same experiment with my Bieffe helmet. At first I
- thought you were right, but after doing some careful experiments I'm
- convinced that there is some peripheral vision lost with a helmet on.
- In fact, just the fact that you are _aware_ of the black rim, means
- that anything beyond the rim, which you would be aware of without the
- helmet, is lost with the helmet on. While you cannot really _see_ with
- your peripheral vision, it is sensitive to change (eg moving objects).
-
- I guess different helmets and different shaped faces influence the
- results. However, for all those people who _are_ aware of the rim, it
- comes down to a personal choice about whether the safety aspects of
- wearing a helmet counter the safety aspects of not wearing one (except
- of course in most places the law has made the decision for us).
-
- Finally, whatever arguments might be put about in favour of not
- wearing a helmet, I am pretty sure, having tried it twice (booked the
- second time) that most people who choose not to wear a helmet do not
- do it for carefully considered safety reasons, they do it cause it
- feels bloody nice.
-
- Be seeing you!
-
- Patrick.
-
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