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From: kgdykes@watbun.UUCP
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Subject: re Re Helmet Law Survey Results
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Date: Wed, 6-Aug-86 07:32:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  6 07:32:14 1986
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>From: ahn@houem.UUCP (Au H. Nguyen)
>
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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
Conservative?? Doesnt that mean OVERprotecting one-self? Fullface??
>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.
Nothing personal, but I always considered "Motorcyclist" a magazine that
was SOOOO mainstream, 85% of its readers probably dont own a bike.
>
I agree! Survey "Easy Riders" and find out virtually no-one wears a fullface.
Survey "Cycle World" and find out virtually no-one wears an open-face.
Survey "Cycle Canada" and find out that we wrap bear-skins and anything else
around our helmets and heads in vain hope of not getting frostbite.
By the way, I know locally (including myself) a lot of people who wear
open-face and police helmets and DONT have fairings or luxuries to reduce
wind and noise.
Beside those Gold Wing fairings generated loads of noise, every heard the
tape-decks??? :-) :-)

          - Ken Dykes
            Software Development Group, U. of Waterloo
            Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  N2L 3G1  (+1 519) 885 1211
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