On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:30:31 -0600, Steve Barker
wrote:

On 2/21/2012 11:36 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:35:13 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Jack wrote:


I'm still thinking it would be nicer if Big Brother mandated NASCAR
approved crash helmets for every dumb ass riding in a car. The fact
that 40,000 deaths occur every year from auto accidents vs 4,000
fingers wreaking havoc on masturbating saw owners doesn't seem to
affect their all knowing niceness.

Well - that really wouldn't work too well Jack. Deaths in NASCAR are seldom
related to helmet protection, and in real life, would be about on par. The
forces that result in both NASCAR deaths and in real world car accident
deaths, are not well related to helmet use.

Helmets in cars would INCREASE accident rates by a very large margin.
Peripheral vision is severely diminished, and NASCAR drivers only need
to see what's ahead of them and in their mirrors. They're not all
constantly swiveling their heads, as a daily driver needs to do.


_I_ personally don't 'constantly swivel' my head. And I don't think ANY
driver "needs" to. What about a panel van? Would they just swivel
their heads to check the bodies in the back or what? the head needs to
turn no farther than the mirror. A helmet allows this just fine.

Mirrors are only good for a check. I turn my head to see peripherally
if not directly before making lane changes in town. Mirror work OK on
the freeway, but are not sufficient for town driving, backing out, or
driving into traffic. The need is there, whether or not you see it,
Steve.

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The ultimate result of shielding men from folly
is to fill the world with fools.
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