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FW: [RC] Safety Gear - Maryben Stover




From: merryben@xxxxxxxx
To: jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] Safety Gear
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:35:33 -0700

I always wear a helmet and think everyone should.  However, I don't think the AERC will pass such a rule in the near future, if ever.......................mb


Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:33:10 -0600
From: jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Safety Gear

carolyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The point here is that the helmet did not protect this area of her head. 
Nothing provides protection from all eventualities.  It is a matter of protecting what can reasonably be protected without excessive intrusion.
So when you start admonishing people about wearing helmets/not wearing helmets, I don't think it is anyone's place to tell someone else what kind of safety gear they should be wearing. 
I've not been a supporter of an AERC rule requiring helmets for adult riders, but I'm no longer opposed either.  Many sports, including many equine sports, require them.  Because a private organization -- that sanctions events which have an element of physical danger to participants -- does have the right, and maybe the responsibility, to mandate some minimum level of safety gear.

-- 
Joe Long aka ChipRider
jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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