On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Rocky Entriken wrote:
> SCCA is contemplating a new helmet rule -- full-face helmets would not
> be allowed in cars with airbags -- and has issued fair warning:
>
> http://www.scca.com/_Filelibrary/File/AirbagAdvisory.pdf
>
> I think it is a good idea, but with a minor reservation. I have written my
> area director and SCCA to say so:
Why does this sound like a good idea? Under the circumstance that
"contact with the chin area of a full-face helmet can be so powerful 'that
the risk of fractures to the jaw cannot be ruled out'"(pretty weaselly
words, btw), isn't that *exactly* when I'd want to be wearing a full-face
helmet? Even assuming that without the chin bar the bag impact wouldn't
break your jaw, the overall face/eye protection that the helmet provided
would be lost.
This sounds like a very superficial analysis/reaction.
KeS
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