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Re: Potential new helmet rule would affect autocrossers

To: Rocky Entriken <rocky@tri.net>
Subject: Re: Potential new helmet rule would affect autocrossers
From: Kevin Stevens <autox@pursued-with.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:41:18 -0800 (PST)
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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