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- From: ARCHER@utkvm1.utk.edu (T. Archer)
- Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, etc. etc.
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- Organization: University of Tennessee
- References: <1992Dec23.153139.1@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:59:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.153139.1@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu> tcox@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu (Tony Cox - (415)926-3105) writes:
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- > This was the justification used in CA for the introduction of
- > compulsory helmet laws for motorcyclists. A figure of $170M/year
- > was quoted, I believe.
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- That's more than a nickle pre capita. I hope he's sufficiently impressed.
-
- > Firstly, wearing a skid-lid may reduce your chance of being killed
- > when you fall on your head, but it also _increases_ the chances of
- > neck injury.
-
- Citation please. The last ABATE meeting I was at (many years ago) this was
- debateable.
-
- >You aren't violating the law of energy conservation by
- > wearing your crashhat - the energy which would have gone into
- > cracking your skull now goes into compressing your spinal column.
- > I'm not sure what the trade-offs are, however. Anyone got any
- > figures?
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