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From: nfc@decvax.UUCP (Norman Commo)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: From a helmet wearer.
Message-ID: <241@decvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 13:12:55 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 20 13:12:55 1983
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Subj:	Norm, please send this on to USENET

Another vote for hard helmets for bike riders.  I was rear-ended in 1979;
I was going about 15, and the car was going about 45 (it was dark, he was
inebriated, and he didn't even think about slowing down until I came thru
his windshield).  I received a broken femur and clavicle and a cracked 
pelvis, but my head was undamaged (I hit the windshield headfirst).  The
Bell Biker I was wearing, however, was not so lucky - the foam was crushed
to less than half its original thickness and the Lexan shell was SHATTERED!.
This is a helmet that is rated to protect the head against a shock of 400+
gravities.  I must admit that I have modified my cycling habits a trifle -
I refuse to ride at night...  But I do wear a Bell Biker, even for the short
hop to the corner store.  Looks funny, so what?  I'm still here to be laughed
at!

- Dick Binder, DEC, Littleton, Mass.