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Insurance, was: Potential new helmet rule

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Subject: Insurance, was: Potential new helmet rule
From: Matt Murray <mattm@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:50:34 -0500
So tell me what we do when an insurance company uses that info for their 
decision to write a policy? They become the final arbiters in this mess. If 
SCCA cannot get insurance, we cannot play.

Matt Murray

At 12:04 AM 11/20/2004, Chuck wrote:
>Ever see the slow motion test dummy crashes they show on TV? The bag hits in
>the chest and his head falls forward into it like a pillow as the shoulder
>strap ratchet releases (as it is designed to do). In no way does the bag
>contact the head or face before full inflation.
>ONE MORE TIME:
>The SCCA cited study was one done to test the effectiveness of a SPECIALLY
>DESIGNED EXPERIMENTAL airbag installed in the steering wheel of a FORMULA 1
>racer in protecting the driver from a fatal neck injury in a 200+ mph head
>on crash into a wall !!!

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