The scary thing is: how long until the goverment (assisted by insurance companies) mandates that everyone on a bike has to wear one of these stupid things?
It's pretty interesting to hear that somebody is actually working on this seriously. I first heard about it back in the 80's. Believe it or not, it was a Michael Crichton story that mentioned the concept. Here's the link:
I seem to recall that the article I read included this story as well as some sample code, probably in Applesoft BASIC, which attempted to implement the mousetrap technique. It was certainly crude, but it worked better than I might have expected...
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Exactly! This thing is just useless.
The scary thing is: how long until the goverment (assisted by insurance companies) mandates that everyone on a bike has to wear one of these stupid things?
Yep! I had a friend who fell over while trying to push-start his bike. He hit his (helmet-less) head on a curb and was in a coma for three days...
It's pretty interesting to hear that somebody is actually working on this seriously. I first heard about it back in the 80's. Believe it or not, it was a Michael Crichton story that mentioned the concept. Here's the link:
MousetrapI seem to recall that the article I read included this story as well as some sample code, probably in Applesoft BASIC, which attempted to implement the mousetrap technique. It was certainly crude, but it worked better than I might have expected...