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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Helmets are not what I thought they were
Message-ID: <2423@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 04:29:46 EST
Article-I.D.: amdahl.2423
Posted: Mon Dec 23 04:29:46 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 25-Dec-85 02:35:39 EST
References: <2392@amdahl.UUCP> <853@rlgvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett)
Organization: Blue Mouse Trailer Resort, Hellmouth, CA
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Summary: additional facts about the helmet

In article <853@rlgvax.UUCP> beaver@rlgvax.UUCP (Sonar Warrior) writes:
>You are not giving us all the facts.

True, but there is only so much I know.  The purpose of my
article was a commentary on helmets, not a codified description
of what happened to one of them.  A summary of the accident will
come later, but let me answer your questions regarding the helmet.

>             Did your helmet strike a non-movable object[?]

I don't know details such as this.  It could only have struck the
car, and the dirt on the ground.

>                                                           Was the face
>shield made for your helmet?

Yes.

>                              What brand was it (helmet), was it approved by
>DOT? or SNELL? or even SHCA?

It was a Bell Professional, DOT and Snell `80 approved.  It was
about 1.5 years old, and had not been previously damaged.  (It is
retired from use now, of course).

>                              Did you have your chin strap properly
>secured and did your helmet fit correctly?

Yes...

>                                            But if you got as bad
>a head injury as I think you did, I'm surprised that you knew you drove
>your bike that day!

... true (I hardly remember riding that day!), and I answer the
previous question based on past history.
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs}!amdahl!gam