Quoting Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>: > <snip> > >> As for skiing, after having a kid ski at high speed just past my ear, >> I would agree with Matt again that helmets and padding are advisable on >> snow. Several skiers have been killed or injured on Mt. Hood recently by >> being run down from behind by others. None of the victims wore a helmet. >> Would it be outrageous to suggest that motorists wear a helmet? >> >> Brad > > I clearly remember seeing something in the automotive press back in > the ... oh ... 1960s maybe ... where they were advocating helmets for > passenger car drivers. Knowing that the average driver wouldn't > likely be keen on wearing what passed for a racing helmet in those > days, they had come up with a series of designs that superficially > looked like regular hats but which were hard shelled with some > padding. > > One model looked like a fedora, IIRC, and one looked like those hats > that Jackie Stewart wears. I can't remember what they're called. > > Given that seat-belts are now mandatary -- we all wear them, don't > we? -- and that interior car design has come a *long* way since the > 1960s, I'm not sure if helmets for car passengers is really going to > help much. Other than destroying ornate hair-dos, they're not going > to hurt either. > > -- > Darryl Personally, I wouldn't mind driving with a Green Bay Packers helmet on. As for the type of hat that Jackie Stewart wears, I'm going to go out on a limb and call them Jackie Stewart hats. Brad *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 28 2007 - 12:07:21 PDT
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