paulson@hplabsc.UUCP@tekecs.UUCP (paulson@hplabsc.UUCP) (10/03/83)
Jeff, if you really wanted to minimize your risk of death while riding
your bike, you'd buy a helmet and put a light on your bike.
I too was reluctant to buy a helmet. Then one day a friend of mine had
an accident while riding her bike; she tried to go over a crack in the
pavement at a too small angle, her wheel caught in the crack and she
fell and hit her head. Despite the fact that she'd been going very slowly,
she was concussed. She got a bad headache and *was unable to remember what
she'd done that day or where she was going*. When I heard the story, I
thought to myself "I'm not having any accident mess with MY brain- better
get a helmet". I was damn glad I had, a month later, when I panic-stopped on
a steep downhill, went over my handlebars and bounced on the top of my head.
I walked away from the crash. If I hadn't been wearing my helmet I'd
probably have been carried away with a sheet over my face.
GET HELMETS! WEAR THEM! There are too few hackers already.
Anne ("Bicyclists without helmets?
Just think of it as evolution in action") Paulson
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