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From: ahn@houem.UUCP (Au H. Nguyen)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Helmet Law Survey Results
Message-ID: <577@houem.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-Aug-86 17:47:55 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  5 17:47:55 1986
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> The long awaited ... helmet survey by "Road Rider" has come out.
> ... they collected 11219. responses!

"Road Rider" is very heavily touring oriented, and touring riders tend to be
quite conservative, which explains the 66% "always wear a helmet."  Touring
bikes also tend to have very large wind shields, and hence their riders can
afford to be without the extra warmth / quietness of a full face helmet,
which explains the 46% open-face.

I think if you survey the readership of a more main stream magazine
(judging from their editorial content) like "Motorcyclist" you'll find
different results, especially in helmet types.

	Au	ihnp4!houem!ahn