Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!prins From: prins@cornell.UUCP (Jan Prins) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: motorscooter advice? Helmet! Message-ID: <11@cornell.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 17:19:20 EDT Article-I.D.: cornell.11 Posted: Mon Aug 19 17:19:20 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 06:54:58 EDT References: <654@sfmag.UUCP> <28300021@ISM780.UUCP> Reply-To: prins@cornell.UUCP (Jan Prins) Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 23 > >Buy a Snell approved helmet! > > --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. Just to keep things complicated.... At least one review article on motorcycle helmets suggested that the demanding requirements of the Snell test are biased towards race-track speed motorcycle and car crashes. These conditions are less representative of motorscooter operation, I would think. The less stringent DOT standard can often met by helmets that are "softer" and impart less impulse to the user's head in low-speed crashes. Apparently the difference is sufficient to reduce head and neck injuries in those situations. It's the morbid problem of optimizing worst-case vs. expected-case protection. There may be helmets specifically designed for motorscooters. Snell approved helmets are usually more expensive. But then, the only advice I ever received about helmets was "If you have a $10 head, buy a $10 helmet". Jan Prins prins@cornell (UUCP, ARPA, Csnet) prins@crnlcs (BITNET)