On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:51:28AM -0800, David Rowney wrote:
> I don't have access to the study in question, but according to some who
> have seen the study, it was not done on production passenger vehicles with
> airbags and did not test full-face vs. open face helmets. To me it seems
> extremely unwise to base a major safety rule change on a _single_ study
> that did not even include the types of vehicles we are concerned with.
There has not been a rule change. The memo recommends that people not
use full face helmets in vehicles with air bags for now, and says that
there may be a rule change after further discussion/research.
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john@idsfa.net John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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