Obviously there could be the odd occasion when helmets or safely belts work
to the detriment of the wearer but in the main the evidence in favour is
incontrovertible. The almost miraculous escapes from horrendous motor racing
accidents proves the point. The idea of seat belts is to keep the occupants
safe inside the monococque. I recall an incident during a plant safety
inspection where my hard hat bumped a low pipe. The inspector was quick to
point out that the hard hat had saved my head yet I am quite sure the bump
would not have happened if I had no hard hat simply because the top of the
hard hat was about 2 inches above the top of my head! However, that is no
reason not to wear hard hats.
Alan C
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From: "Bill" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 7:46 AM
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT For the cyclists here
On 07/05/2013 3:51 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On May 7, 2013, at 15:45 , Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
In addition, the helmets that do exist can also be responsible for
aggravating injuries under some circumstances where no injury would
otherwise have occurred.
I've seen this statement trotted out many times but have never heard of a
true study coming up with anything relevant to support this.
Sounds like a load of hooey to me.
I mean, seriously, I can't even visualize/imagine the situation that
would demonstrate this to be true.
When we were having our seat belt law debate in the mid 1970s, it was
often trotted out that under some situations, a seat belt could actually
kill the occupant. The common excuse was the car driving into a lake and
sinking, and the occupant trapped in their seat belt, unable to undo it in
their panic.
What was never mentioned, of course, was that if the person was so
panicked that they couldn't undo their seat belt, it was quite unlikely
that they would be calm enough to safely exit a sinking vehicle, presuming
they hadn't been knocked out by whacking their head on the dash board.
bill
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