Re: Help! Heat problem

["William A. Flowers" <waflowers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Previously, you (Jim Gillespie) wrote:
>     I can't produce any references, but a study in the UK maybe 3-4
> years ago showed this to be the case.  With the exception of the head
> and neck, the probability of injury is highest at the ankles and
> decreases the further up the body you go.

I recall hearing similar statistics from the Hurt report here in the US.

    38. Half of the injuries to the somatic regions were to the
    ankle-foot, lower leg, knee, and thigh-upper leg.

(Quoted from "Hurt Report Summary" on http://www.magmacom.com/~macmarms/Hurt.htm )

However I found this one made me wince:

    41: Groin injuries were sustained by the motorcyclist in at least
    13% of the accidents, which typified by multiple vehicle collision
    in frontal impact at higher than average speed.

OW! If that won't make a rider slow down, nothing will.

- --
Bill "Bench Dawg" Flowers
Clearwater FL
'00 Sapphire Blue ST "Jewel"


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