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Re: NASCAR officials say Earnhardt's belt ripped

To: "Mark Sirota" <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>,
Subject: Re: NASCAR officials say Earnhardt's belt ripped
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:34:24 -0600
>Eric Salem wrote:
>> Other questions from an arm-chair quarterback:
>>
>> Full Face helmets are not safer than open face helmets? Hello.
>
>Open face helmets typically offer wider field of view, and they're
>lighter.  So no, depending on the details of the incident, full face
>helmets are not necessarily safer.

You can give mouth-to-mouth without removing an open-face helmet.  Since a
good hit in the head suggests an
X-ray before removing the helmet, this could be a good thing in some cases.


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