Amazing Off Road Maps on your phone….even with no bars!

Posted: May 2, 2013 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Colorado, Stuff / Gear / Things / Product Reviews, US Forest Service (USFS) | Tags: App, Colorado, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Geospatial PDF, Global Mapper, Global Positioning System, Google Maps, Maps, MVUM, Off Road, Stay the Trail, Stay the Trail Colorado, United States Forest Service, United States National Forest, US Forest Service, UTM | 1 Comment »

Stay the Trail Colorado did a great job with these!

Check Out New Smart MVUM Maps for Colorado National Forests!

Stay the Trail Colorado provides a central webpage where the public, organizations and agencies can download all US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) for National Forests and Grasslands located in Colorado. These maps are kept up to date as the US Forest Service updates their maps. Funding for this effort is provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in the form of grant funding that comes from registration of OHVs in Colorado. Stay the Trail and Great Outdoors Consultants have made the MVUMs “smarter” by making sure they all have geospatial information (the map knows where it’s located in the World) and by providing them in multiple formats. Smart MVUMs are provided in the following formats.

Geospatial PDF Files

Some National Forests are publishing PDF versions of MVUMs that are already geospatial which means that you can see map coordinates in Acrobat Reader using the geospatial location tool (found in the analysis toolbar/ menu). These maps can also be imported into some mapping programs such as Global Mapper. MVUMs that did not have geospatial information were processed to add geospatial information using Global Mapper software. All PDF MVUMs were exported in the following coordinate system: UTM – Zone 13 North – NAD1983 – meters

http://www.avenza.com/pdf-maps

Geospatial PDFs can also be used on Apple and Android smart phones/tablets using Avenza’s free application call PDF Maps. After the PDF MVUM is downloaded on the mobile device, cellular coverage is not needed to use it. This application shows the current GPS location of the user on the map and allows them to perform some basic GPS recording tasks! The application allows you to show the location of geotagged photos you’ve taken with your mobile device right on the MVUM map. PDF Maps has an online map store that allows users of the app to find MVUMs by name or their current location! This app is being used to distribute free maps for the National Park Service, USGS Topo maps and other free maps. The store also allows for sale of commercial maps such as National Geographic maps. All MVUMs found on the Stay the Trail webpage are now also available through the Avenza map store for free!

1. Go to “App Store”, search for “PDF Maps” and install

2. Open “PDF Maps”, select “Store” function from the lower bar

3. Select the search function in top right corner.

4. Search for “Stay The Trail” or “MVUM” or a Ranger District, select from the pins that appear

5. Use the “Free” button to download to the phone.

6. Downloaded maps show up in the “Maps” list on the lower left

7. Select appropriate map for the district’s trails you will be using. Your location appears using GPS sensor.

Note: The android version of the PDF Maps app is a beta version and is not currently linked to the Avenza map store. Maps can be loaded in the Android version by linking to the Stay the Trail webpage MVUMs, by emailing the PDF file or a link to it.

Weblinks:

http://staythetrail.org/mvum/index.php – All Colorado PDF MVUMs on one webpage
http://www.avenza.com/pdf-maps – information about the application
http://www.pdf-maps.com/get-maps – search for Colorado MVUMs on your computer – preview only

Google Earth Files

Geospatial PDF MVUM files were rasterized in Global Mapper software and then clipped to the map frame (excluded the legend). The rasterized MVUM files were then exported to Google Earth .kmz files. These files can be loaded into Google Earth desktop and mobile applications. To load a .kmz file on your mobile device, email yourself the appropriate .kmz file or a link to the .kmz file on the Stay the Trail webpage. Google Earth mobile will show your current location on the MVUMs. MVUMs in this format allow the user to load adjacent MVUMs and look at them in 3D. Google Earth also allows the user to add other vector data on top of the MVUM such as trails or other data they have. A brief description of the MVUM file and a link to the Stay the Trail webpage are included in the .kmz files so the user can access the legend and other information that has been removed from the .kmz version of the MVUMs. All Google Earth MVUMs were exported in the following coordinate system: Latitude-Longitude – WGS84 – decimal degrees.

Weblink:

http://www.staythetrail.org/mvum/kmz/ – All Colorado Google Earth MVUMs on one webpage

Geotiff Files

Geospatial PDF MVUM files were rasterized in Global Mapper software and then clipped to the map frame (excluded the legend). The rasterized MVUM files were then exported to geotiff (.tif) files. Geotiffs are raster files that include geospatial information. These files can be loaded into Arcmap, Global Mapper, Terrasync, Arcpad and other GIS/GPS programs. They can also be loaded into Avenza PDF Maps mobile application! MVUMs in this format allow the user to load adjacent MVUMs and look at them side-by-side. GIS programs allow the user to add other vector data on top of the MVUM such as trails or other data. A brief description of the MVUM file and a link to the Stay the Trail webpage are included as text files so the user can access the legend and other information that has been removed from the .tif version of the MVUMs. All geotiff MVUMs were exported in the following coordinate system: UTM – Zone 13 North – NAD1983 – meters.

Weblink:

http://www.staythetrail.org/mvum/geotiff/ – All Colorado Geotiff MVUMs on one webpage

Check these and to make sure you know where you are and where you should not be when off road in Colorado.

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Hopefully this will lead to better helmets that will make a difference.

Posted: April 24, 2013 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Cycling, Helmets, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Tags: Australia, Concussion, Cycling, Edinburgh, Great Britain, Greater London, Head injury, helmet, Helmets, Research | 2 Comments »

Article looks at dozens of studies in cycling head injuries in several countries.

There not need to say much, just read the following quotes then go read the entire article for yourself.

These sources show no improvement in serious injury trends as helmet use has become more common. Indeed, sometimes they suggest that the number or severity of injuries has increased.

In Great Britain, there was no detectable improvement in fatalities, serious injuries or the average severity of injuries to cyclists over the period 1985 to 2001, during which helmet use rose from close to zero to approx. 22%. Injury severity increased as helmet use became more common

In Greater London, cyclist injuries became more serious as helmet use increased in the mid 1990s. In Edinburgh, also with approx. 50% helmet wearing, casualties have become more serious as helmet use has increased

In the USA, cyclists suffered more head injuries in 2001 than in 1991 although helmet use had increased from 18% to 50%.

In Australia, helmet laws caused head injuries to fall by 11% to 21%. But cycle use fell by 30% to 60%, suggesting that those who continued to cycle were more at risk.

In New Zealand, large increases in helmet use have not brought any reduction in the proportion of serious head injuries. Some reduction in mild concussions and lacerations has been balanced by an increase in neck injuries

More generally, concerns have been expressed that helmets may increase the risk of the most serious types of head injury typical of road crashes and which involve rotational forces

In the coming years, there is going to be some major changes and revelations on helmets in skiing and cycling.

Remember you do not get a concussion when you hit your head. You get a concussion when your brain bounces back and forth inside your skull. Look at snow and look at your ski helmet and tell me which is softer. Which is going to absorb more? Which is going to slow the force to spread it out over time? Cycling helmets are slightly different because of the speed and chances of hitting pavement. However?

More importantly, why are head injuries increasing in all of those studies (except the Australian one) when helmet use is

increasing?

See What evidence is there that cycle helmets reduce serious injury?

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Bike Share programs flourish when helmets are not required

Posted: February 27, 2013 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Cycling, Editorial | Tags: Helmets, Cycling, European Cyclists' Federation, Bike Sharing, NYT, New York Times, Bike Share, Vélib, helmet-lax Dublin, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nice Ride, Capital Bikeshare | Leave a comment »

Health Benefits increase when more people ride bikes

The article looks at bike share programs and what makes them successful. Contrary to popular belief, weather or terrain are not as important as the attitude that getting on a bike is more important than anything else. Anything else includes riding without a helmet.

One common denominator of successful bike programs around the world — from Paris to Barcelona to Guangzhou — is that almost no one wears a helmet, and there is no pressure to do so.

The article does not deny that wearing a helmet prevents head injuries. The article, like numerous studies have shown is that head injuries are exceedingly rare in cycling.

Yes, there are studies that show that if you fall off a bicycle at a certain speed and hit your head, a helmet can reduce your risk of serious head injury. But such falls off bikes are rare — exceedingly so in mature urban cycling systems.

The balance is the risk of a head injury to the risk of other issues: “means more obesity, heart disease and diabetes.” Not cycling also leads to more pollution in our cities. Mathematical modeling shows the risk of not cycling outweighs the risks of cycling without a helmet 20 to 1.

Statistically, if we wear helmets for cycling, maybe we should wear helmets when we climb ladders or get into a bath, because there are lots more injuries during those activities.” The European Cyclists’ Federation says that bicyclists in its domain have the same risk of serious injury as pedestrians per mile traveled. [Emphasize added]

So if you want to reduce the risk of a head injury you should wear a helmet while walking; which is how cycling helmets were designed anyway. Cycling helmets only protect from being dropped on your head, or as a pedestrian from something dropping on your head. Not from falls that occur where you hit your head from the front, back or side. (See Helmets: why cycling, skiing, skateboarding helmets don’t work.)

Although not scientific, this is fairly clear that helmets may inhibit bike riding with bike share programs.

A two-year-old bike-sharing program in Melbourne, Australia — where helmet use in mandatory — has only about 150 rides a day, despite the fact that Melbourne is flat, with broad roads and a temperate climate. On the other hand, helmet-lax Dublin — cold, cobbled and hilly — has more than 5,000 daily rides in its young bike-sharing scheme.

Why should you understand this? Because public perception about helmets is important in promoting and encouraging the program. If you complain to government officials about bike share programs not requiring helmets, you will pay for that complaint with your wallet. Heart attacks and the problems of obesity will cost more than the rare head injury.

Instead of requiring helmets, we need to make cycling safer.

Instead of promoting helmet use, European cycling advocates say, cities should be setting up safer bike lanes to slow traffic or divert it entirely from downtown areas.

This is my favorite quote from the article.

Before you hit the comment button and tell me that you know someone whose life was probably saved by a bike helmet, I know someone, too. I also know someone who believes his life was saved by getting a blood test for prostate specific antigen, detecting prostate cancer.

Before you comment about your friend whose life was saved, which I have no doubt, remember I’ll respond with the above quote.

See To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets

To read more about this issue see:

A father of a deceased skier pushing for a helmet law in New Jersey. http://rec-law.us/AAfNa6

A helmet manufacture understands the issues(Uvex, Mouthguards) http://rec-law.us/xpxX6n

A new idea that makes sense in helmets: the Bern Hard Hat http://rec-law.us/yPerOd

Bicycling Magazine, May 2012: Safe for Any Speed http://rec-law.us/Vkle60

California bill to require helmets on skiers and boarders under age 18 dies lacking governor’s signature. http://rec-law.us/ymLukz

Does being safe make us stupid? Studies say yes. http://rec-law.us/Ao5BBD

Great article on why helmet laws are stupid http://rec-law.us/zeOaNH

Great editorial questioning why we need laws to “protect” us from ourselves. http://rec-law.us/Ayswbo

Helmet death ignited by misconception and famous personalities http://rec-law.us/wfa0ho

Helmets do not increase risk of a neck injury when skiing http://rec-law.us/wPOUiM

Helmets: why cycling, skiing, skateboarding helmets don’t work http://rec-law.us/RVsgkV

I could not make my son wear a helmet so I’m going to make you wear one http://rec-law.us/xZjuvH

I once thought you had to take an IQ test to run to be a state legislator. You could run only if you flunk the test http://rec-law.us/x3nWN1

I once thought you had to take an IQ test to run to be a state legislator. You could run only if you flunk the test. http://rec-law.us/x3nWN1

If you provide a bike in CT you don’t have to provide a helmet http://rec-law.us/THidx6

Law requires helmets, injuries down fatalities up? http://rec-law.us/YwLcea

Mixed emotions, but a lot of I told you so. http://rec-law.us/ysnWY2

More information over the debate about ski helmets: Ski Helmets ineffective crashes were the wear is going faster than 12 miles per hour http://rec-law.us/z4CLkE

National Sporting Goods Association reports that Helmet use at US Ski Areas increased during the 2009-10 ski season http://rec-law.us/zZTzqa

OSHA Officially recommending helmets for ski area employees http://rec-law.us/xo5yio

Other Voice on the Helmet Debate http://rec-law.us/AzaU9Q

Recent UK poll shows that 10% of cyclists would quite biking if there was a compulsory helmet law. http://rec-law.us/t1ByWk

Skiing/Boarding Helmets and what is the correct message http://rec-law.us/AzeCpS

Study shows that head injuries are on the rise on the slopes even though more people are wearing helmets http://rec-law.us/U91O73

Survey of UK physicians shows them against mandatory bicycle helmet laws. http://rec-law.us/sYuH07

The helmet issue is so contentious people will say the stupidest things http://rec-law.us/zhare9

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Study shows that head injuries are on the rise on the slopes even though more people are wearing helmets

Posted: December 19, 2012 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Tags: ACEP, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Emergency Room Physicians, CPSC, Cycling, Head injury, helmet, Mouthguard, Occupational safety and health, Risk Homeostasis, skiing, snowboarding | Leave a comment »

Risk Homeostasis?

A study presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians(ACEP) showed that even with the increased use of helmets on ski slopes head injuries had

increased. Overall injuries on the slopes have remained constant during the same period of time.

The study was based on a review of reports to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission‘s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) Overall helmet use increased from 36.7% to 57.99% during the study period.

The study looked at 68,761 head injuries during the 2004 through 2010 ski seasons. Males represented 68.8% of the injuries, snowboarders 57.9%, and riders between the ages of 11-017 representing 47.7%.

The one difference in the study was children under 10 years old, which showed a decrease in hade injuries dropping from 11.7% to 4.6%.

One brought out by the study was helmets are only good for impacts of 12-15 miles per hour. Most people ski and board faster than that. The true value of a helmet, 12-15 mph of impact protection should be put out there so more people understand what a helmet will and will not do. People are sold helmets with the idea that they will prevent head injuries. They only will prevent injuries in that narrow range of 0-15 mph; over that speed, you probably are going to have an injury.

There were two different ideas put forth as two why head injuries increased. The one idea with the least space about it was Risk Homeostasis or Target Risk. The other was:

My assumptions are that those increases parallel the increase in terrain park use and the level of difficulty and risk in these sports over the last decade,” Christensen said, “and also that we’re simply seeing more people reporting head injuries because there’s been more education and awareness around them.

However, Risk Homeostasiswill also support the greater use of terrain parks and the increased level of difficult and increased risk undertaken by skiers and riders.

English: Freestyle skiing jump (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Do Something

If you sell helmets tell people the truth. Helmets will reduce some head injuries. Helmets probably will not save your life because if you hit something hard enough to cause brain damage that a helmet will protect you from; you are going to receive other injuries that may kill you.

If you wear a helmet understand what your helmet will and will not do to protect your head.

See Head injuries on rise despite helmets

For additional articles on Risk Homeostasis see:

Risk homeostasis theory and traffic accidents: propositions, deductions and discussion of dissension in recent reactions

The Theory of Risk Homeostasis: Implications for Safety and Health

Target Risk: Dealing with the danger of death, disease and damage in everyday decisions

For additional articles on Helmets see:

A helmet manufacture understands the issues(Uvex, Mouthguards) http://rec-law.us/xpxX6n

A new idea that makes sense in helmets: the Bern Hard Hat http://rec-law.us/yPerOd

Does being safe make us stupid? Studies say yes. http://rec-law.us/Ao5BBD

Great article on why helmet laws are stupid http://rec-law.us/zeOaNH

Great editorial questioning why we need laws to “protect” us from ourselves. http://rec-law.us/Ayswbo

Helmet death ignited by misconception and famous personalities http://rec-law.us/wfa0ho

Helmets do not increase risk of a neck injury when skiing http://rec-law.us/wPOUiM

Helmets: why cycling, skiing, skateboarding helmets don’t work http://rec-law.us/RVsgkV

More information over the debate about ski helmets: Ski Helmets ineffective crashes were the wear is going faster than 12 miles per

hour http://rec-law.us/z4CLkE

National Sporting Goods Association reports that Helmet use at US Ski Areas increased during the 2009-10 ski season http://rec-law.us/zZTzqa

OSHA Officially recommending helmets for ski area employees http://rec-law.us/xo5yio

Other Voice on the Helmet Debate http://rec-law.us/AzaU9Q

Recent UK poll shows that 10% of cyclists would quite biking if there was a compulsory helmet law. http://rec-law.us/t1ByWk

Skiing/Boarding Helmets and what is the correct message http://rec-law.us/AzeCpS

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Helmets: why cycling, skiing, skateboarding helmets don’t work

Posted: August 15, 2012 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Cycling, Helmets, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Tags: Bicycle helmet, Bike Helmet, biking, CPSC, Cycling, Cycling Helmet, helmet, Helmets, skiing, UIAA | 1 Comment »

Thanks to Brad Waldron at Kali Protectives for giving me the visual to explain this.

A helmet needs to absorb energy to work. The more energy a helmet absorbs the more protection a helmet provides. If you look at the inside of your helmet

what is there to absorb energy?

A helmet does not work by being a hard surface to protect your head from head injuries. Hard surfaces protect your head from pointed objects. Think Knights of the Round Table and spears and arrows. If you are riding a bike or skiing and someone is shooting arrows at you, you need a hard helmet.

Hitting the ground is different. Your brain bounces around inside your skill causing damage; a concussion. You need something to absorb the impact and soften the blow or extend the time the impact (force) is being applied to your head, which softens the blow. Helmets as they are currently used, do not do that.

Think about the issue this way. If you drop a weight on an egg, say 11 pounds from 4 feet the egg is going to smash. If you put a book on top of the egg and drop the 11-pound weight the egg is still going to smash. The amount of energy transmitted to the egg maybe reduced by the book; however, the energy reduction is not enough to protect the egg.

A Bicycle or ski helmet is the same way. There is some energy absorption, but not enough to protect your brain.

If you want to know why I picked 11 pounds from 4 feet that is the test for helmets. Watch Video of cycling helmet testing. No one is testing the force on the head, if the helmet absorbs any of the force, or if the impact broke your neck.

On top of that, always remember the helmet is tested with the impact landing in the center top of the helmet. When you fall to make sure you drive your head into the ground hitting the helmet in the center on top of your head to receive the maximum protection.

See for yourself. This is the UIAA (European) Test for Helmets.

This test is for climbing and some European ski helmets. In the US, a bike helmet and ski helmets are not tested for lateral force, slippage or chin strap strength.

There are some organizations that test the helmets to greater extremes such as Consumer Reports, but all they are doing is testing the helmet. They are not looking at whether the helmet protects your head. See Consumer Reports Bike Helmet Testing.

We are not testing whether a helmet looks good after an impact. We are testing whether the helmet protects your head from an impact and the drop test does not test that sufficiently, if at all.

If you want to test this yourself, figure a way to stick an egg under a helmet and drop a weight on the helmet. The egg is still going to crack or break.

Yes, your head is not an egg. It is just easier to see the results with an egg. The helmet did not decrease the pressure enough to protect the egg. The injury still occurred. If you could take the time to measure the breaking strength of an egg and then start below that number and drop weights on the helmet you would see a difference eventually which would be the amount of protections the helmet provides. However, that number would be small and probably no different from what a plastic bowl would do.

If you really want to test this, go buy two eggs. Drop one from 15 feet and see what happens to the egg. Tape the other one in your helmet and drop it from the same height. The egg will crack (and make a real mess in your helmet).

Want more laughs about this? Watch this video where a cardboard helmet does a better job of protecting your head, by absorbing more force, than a bicycle helmet. See Kranium helmet Crash Test

Yes, your head is not an egg. Yes, a helmet will protect you from minor hits. Yes, a helmet is probably better than not using a helmet, unless the process stops you from riding a bike or skiing. The health benefits of activity out weight the risk of a head injury.

If that is the case, then why not wear a helmet when you drive, shower or work in the kitchen. All three have a far greater risk of head injuries then cycling.

However, we have not looked at whether using helmets deters activities. See TEDxCopenhagen – Mikael Colville-Andersen – Why We Shouldn’t Bike with a Helmet. I love the fact the in the video Mr. Colville-Andersen lets you know that the helmet tests were designed for pedestrians wearing helmets. Also he points out that helmet laws do not reduce head injuries. They reduce the total number of people riding bikes, which results in a reduction of head injuries.

Nor have we looked at the issue of the advertised protection versus the real protection afforded by a helmet.

Finally, we have not looked at whether wearing a helmet makes you react in a way to protect other parts of your body rather than your head. If you fall you natural protect your head. Your arms go out to keep your head form hitting the ground and then your cradle your head from being hit or hitting the ground. This accounts for tons of videos and statements when people hold up their battered helmet and say my helmet saved my life.

However, a helmet will not save your life. If you want to be cool and have a helmet that might protect your head watch this video: Hövding krocktest

But without bike and ski helmets where would we mount our video cameras?

References:

Gourley, Jim, Bicycle Times August 1, 2011, Pull Your Head Out of Your…Helmet

Kim Gorgens: Protecting the brain against concussion

A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me

TEDxCopenhagen – Mikael Colville-Andersen – Why We Shouldn’t Bike with a Helmet

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Sierra Designs / Kelty / Ultimate Directions / Slumberjack / Sample Sale June 8-10 Boulder!

Posted: June 1, 2012 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Stuff / Gear / Things / Product Reviews | Tags: Boulder, CO, Kelty, Sample Sale, Sierra Designs, Slumberjack, Ultimate Directions | Leave a comment »

Law requires helmets, injuries down fatalities up?

Posted: April 23, 2012 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Cycling, Helmets | Tags: bicycle, Bicycle helmet, British Columbia, Canada, Cycling, Cycling Helmet, Head injury, Helmets, Law | Leave a comment »

However the article eventually does explain some great ideas about helmets.

An article Injuries have dropped since mandatory rule came in, but fatalities remain the same was written to look at the effects of a mandatory helmet law in British Columbia, Canada. The law was enacted in 1996. Riding a bike without a helmet can get you a $40 ticket.

One part of the article says that fatalities are down. The article also states:

Statistics compiled by the Bicycle Helmet Research Foundation show that injuries from cyclists involved in collisions did decrease from 35% of all police attended collisions in 1995 to 31% of those collisions by 1999.

However, a Canadian ministry says that bicycle fatalities have not decreased. “However in 2010, the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles admitted that fatalities had not decreased since the introduction of the helmet law.”

The article then states:

Bicycle helmet proponents are the subject of a great number of myths and exaggerations, some of which feature prominently in the promotion of helmets, according to the foundation.

These proponents claim that helmets prevent 85% of head injuries and 88% of brain injuries. But the foundation claims that where helmet use has become significant, there has been no detectable reduction in head injuries relative to cycle use.

Another myth, according to the foundation, is that bicycle helmets prevent 90% of fatalities.

“This prediction comes from a single source and is not reflected by real-world experience. Fatality trends in countries where helmet use has become significant give no reason to believe that helmets have saved even a single life,” the foundation states at http://www.cyclehelmets.org.

The article is full of confusing facts. However at least the article tackles the issues concerning helmets and dispels a few myths.

I suspect that injuries are down; however attributing that to helmets is difficult. Why injuries are up, could just be a factor of more people riding bikes, bikes that enable riders to go a lot faster or more cars on the road, as well as any number of different reasons.

Bicycle helmets may prevent a minor head injury, however most people do not believe that helmet may save your life.

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Bicycling Magazine, May 2012: Safe for Any Speed

Posted: April 18, 2012 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), Cycling, Helmets | Tags: Adventure travel, ASTM International, Bicycle helmet, Bicycle Magazine, Cycling, Cycling Helmet, helmet, Letter to the Editor, Outdoor recreation, Rock climbing, Ropes course | Leave a comment »

There is no government involvement in cycling (or any other) helmets

April 3, 2012

Peter Flax, Editor in Chief

Bicycling

400 South 10^th Street

Emmaus, PA 18098

Via Email: Bicycling@rodale.com

A bicycling helmet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Re: Bicycling Magazine, May 2012: Safe for Any Speed

Dear Editor Flax:

Love your magazine; however your article Safe for Any Speed in the May 2012 edition incorrectly stated that bicycle helmets were controlled by government standards. No US government, state or federal or agency of a state or the federal government controls or has anything to do with standards for bicycle helmets.

The standards for Bicycle helmets are set by the ASTM International (formerly American Society for Testing and Material), Committee F08 on Sports Equipment and Facilities. Specifically Committee F08.53 on Headgear and Helmets (F1447-06 Standard Specification for Helmets Used in Recreational Bicycling or Roller Skating) is responsible for the standard and how the standard will be tested. For more information on this standard you can go to the ASTM and purchase the standard.

More importantly the standards are voluntary. No government, body, agency or board on a federal level requires any standard. Some state laws refer to the standards for cycling helmet laws.

Sincerely,

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Best of Outdoor Retailer and SIA

Posted: March 21, 2012 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Outdoor Retailer Trade Show, Snowsports Industry Association (SIA) Ski Show, Stuff / Gear / Things / Product Reviews | Tags: helmet, Kali, MIPS architecture, Recco, Ski, Ski Resort, Sports | Leave a comment »

The best is always the people. However I found some interesting products

12 days, 8 days of exhibit hall, 3 days of on-snow demos and another tradeshow season comes to an end.

Here’s a quick rundown of what I saw that I liked.

Slide On for ski boots: This product makes putting your ski boot on a breeze. From the maker of the Booster Power Strap. If you ski and you aren’t using the Booster Power Strap, try and get off the bunny slope and give them a try.

Nargear: Not a lot of bells and whistles, just make to take your gear and keep it in one bag, no matter how far you throw it.

Snow Angel: No I don’t wear women’s clothing, but this stuff is beautiful. Feels good too. You are on your own for finding out how technical it is.

MIPS: If you need a helmet for any sport that is not a DOT helmet, get one with MIPS inside. It may make the difference

Kali Helmets: Don’t like MIPS, Kali is coming up with some new ideas in helmet technology that will change the way helmets perform.

Protect Helmets: nothing new as far as the helmet goes, but they have the Recco chip in the helmet.

Bern Hard Hat: I’ve told you a thousand times A new idea that makes sense in helmets: the Bern Hard Hat

Ski Retriever: Skiing Powder all the time and don’t like leashes, try technology to not lose a ski.

Fox 40: Fox had mouth guards at the ski show. See A helmet manufacture understands the issues

UClear: I’ve not tested it but if the ear phones eliminate the wind noise and the microphone eliminates all noise, these will be great for people who move

Loki: Did you ever have a coat that you grabbed when you weren’t sure, but when in doubt you always grabbed it. Loki makes coats, sweatshirts and accessories, all that serve multi purposes.

Orthahell Sandals: Ever put something on your feet and have your feet put a smile on your face. In a sandal even.

Suunto: Supposedly they have a new watch that works, by that I mean won’t break in 60 days. We’ll see. Heck, the PR team is beautiful……

Timex: Hard to read, harder to understand how it works, but as John Cameron Sayze used to say, it takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’

Eton: A product that made me go wow. Solar powered stereo that you can Bluetooth from your phone or MP3. No need to add songs to another device. Don’t know if it can take the outdoor beating, but works great indoors.

Replay: video camera a little larger than a roll of quarters, but not much larger

Hyalite Equipment: New name, old company solid great gear, bags, pads and bike gear

The Dry Guy: If you don’t own something from the Dry Guy, you are skiing with wet gloves and boots. The latest is a heater & dryer for boots, the Turbo Dryer that can work off your car. Warm boots when you put them on to ski after driving to the resort. Wonderful.

I have a lot more stuff to let you know about, but some I want to make sure the marketing matches reality.

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The helmet issue is so contentious people will say the stupidest things

Posted: February 8, 2012 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Tags: Heavenly Mountain Resort, Lake Tahoe, Ski, ski season, Snowboard | Leave a comment »

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County sheriff deputy reports a helmet would have saved the man’s life, even though he was wearing one and died of blunt force trauma.

In a sad case a snowboarder at Heavenly Mountain Resort avoided another skier and hit a sign post. See Snowboarder from England dies after crash at Heavenly. Another news source also reported the accident and received a quote from the investigating depty. The deputy was quoted in the article:

It is unknown if Perring was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. A helmet would not have prevented the injuries that led to Perring’s death, Lovell said.

The first and most other reports stated the deceased, Perring was wearing a helmet. At the time of the quote, the newspaper reported the man died of blunt force trauma after hitting the sign, as reported by the deputy.

Perring was skiing on the resort’s Tamarack run about 3 p.m. when he attempted to avoid another skier, left the run and hit a sign post, Lovell said. He suffered blunt force trauma to his chest during the crash.

See Skier dies following collision with sign post at Lake Tahoe resort. Either the reporter was not quoting the deputy correctly (and obviously did not read their own article to put the quote in) or the deputy has been told or decided to say a helmet would have saved the person’s life.

They won’t. So far there have been 13 fatalities at ski areas this season and seven of the deceased were wearing a helmet. One person was not wearing a helmet and five of the reports do not identify if the deceased was wearing a helmet. See Skier/Boarder Fatalities 2011-2012 Ski Season

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I hope this is bad reporting, editing or something.

Wear a helmet. It will prevent a head injury if you are skiing or boarding. Just remember it will not save your life and it may make you feel more secure leading you to ski or board faster diminishing or eliminating any protection the helmet provides.

Most importantly, think!

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Great article on why helmet laws are stupid

Posted: December 14, 2011 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Canada, Editorial, Helmets, Skiing / Snow Boarding, Statutes | Tags: Helmets, legislation, skiing, statute | Leave a comment »

Either that or we should be wearing helmets at dinner.

Yes I know I write a lot about helmets. However the most important issue I write about is to make people think about what they do and why. In this case you are not solving any problems and you are creating greater liability issues.

The article was written because a new law in Nova Scotia requires skiers and riders to wear helmets. The law carries a $250 fine. On top of that, there “will, indeed, be helmet cops on the slopes. The minimum fine is $250.”

The head injury rate is pretty low. “…since 2000, 11 helmetless skiers and snowboarders have suffered such an injury on the slopes of Nova Scotia.” That is one head injury per year in Nova Scotia from head injuries.

Simply put the article looks at the risks of a head injury in Nova Scotia from skiing based on the injury stats of Canada.

In 2003-04, one in 4,100 Canadians was admitted to hospital for head trauma suffered in a fall, and one in 5,300 for head trauma suffered in a car accident. Bill 131 proposes to offset, by 60%, a risk of roughly one in the population of Nova Scotia, which is 945,000.

If you want to stop head injuries, you would legislate wearing a helmet while driving. That would prevent more head injuries.

The articles intent is to point out there is no logical basis in the way laws are created. Instead of asking “why” they need a new law, legislators are asking “why not.”

Or as I say, what can I do, no matter how stupid, that will put me on the front page of a newspaper to help me get reelected.

It’s a great article. See Why not enact pointless ski helmet law?

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Great editorial questioning why we need laws to “protect” us from ourselves.

Posted: September 28, 2011 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Editorial, Helmets, Legislation | Leave a comment »

Besides, as many of you know, the effectiveness of most safety gear is less successful than the laws requiring the gear.

An editorial in the Sacramento Bee titled Editorial Notebook: Do we need laws to end every kind of risk?, upports California Governor Jerry Brown’s vetoing a law that would have fined parents for allowing their children to ski without a helmet. (See California bill to require helmets on skiers and boarders under age 18 dies lacking governor’s signature.) The Governor vetoed the bill with this statement: “Not every human problem deserves a law.”

The editorial looks at the entire issue from several different perspectives. The writer first looks at the proliferation of laws applying to Californians.

In California, bicyclists under the age of 18 are required to wear helmets. But it doesn’t stop at bicycles. Skateboarders, in-line skaters and scooter riders are required by law to wear helmets, too, if they are under 18.
Even bike passengers under the age of 5 have to wear helmets.
In New Mexico, tricycle riders are required to wear helmets – really, tricycle riders!

The author then states that the laws are just creating a nation of wimps.

Have we become a nation of wimps, so risk-averse we have created protective gear for every potential mishap, no matter how remote? Worse, we’ve written laws that force us into this perpetual defensive crouch.

The author blames many different groups of people for the unnecessary laws.

I can’t tell if it’s the insurance industry that’s pushing it or the trial lawyers trawling for someone to sue or just nervous parents with their single precious progeny. I suspect a bit of all three.

Nor does he let the media escape the blame.

There’s another culprit in all this: the media. We provide blanket coverage of every tragedy. Every crime, every accident, particularly when a child is involved, is endlessly reported on, blown out of proportion. In ways subtle and not so subtle, we tell parents – and by extension our children – be afraid, be very afraid.

I agree with the media statement. Growing up I had access to one newspaper. It printed what occurred in the Nation, the world, Ohio, the local county and sports. There was no room, nor need for an article on a skiing accident in California or a kayaking death in Maine. It did not matter; those were local issues for those local newspapers. Now we get news thrown at us from around the world with the same importance as the hometown city council meeting, and we are expected to show the same concern.

I am as guilty of that as any other media outlet. I find tragedies and lawsuits and post them on my Facebook page regularly. The article has me thinking. Is my audience narrow enough, industry people, that I’m not creating problems?

The author’s final issue is do we need all the protective gear?

When I was a kid, not every accident was grounds for a lawsuit. When I was a kid, playgrounds, toys and athletic equipment were not cluttered with warning signs written by insurance companies to protect against liability.

Combine all these issues and the author makes valid points. Add to that the effectiveness of current helmets used in recreational sports, and the entire argument falters. Add to that the issue that mandatory helmet laws reduce participation. See A father of a deceased skier pushing for a helmet law in New Jersey.

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Go to the website, read the article and support comments like this. You can also like the article on Facebook.
See Do we need laws to end every kind of risk?

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Survey of UK physicians shows them against mandatory bicycle helmet laws.

Posted: August 16, 2011 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets | Leave a comment »

Reasons for their attitude very, however 2/3s do not support a mandatory law.

See: Doctors Against Helmet Laws

The survey was conducted by the British Medical Journal. The reasons given by the physicians as reported include:

· the research on helmets reducing the risk of head injury is too inconclusive to support a new law
· Bath study showing drivers drive closer to helmeted cyclists.
· Helmets would reduce interest in cycling which is a healthy activity

I found several of their reasons interesting. The most important one is that cycling as an activity is better for the greater part of the population as a fitness activity than the issue of head injuries in cycling.

So?

Wear a helmet. But don’t kill cycling by making it a law.

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Recent UK poll shows that 10% of cyclists would quite biking if there was a compulsory helmet law.

Posted: June 23, 2011 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Cycling, Helmets | Leave a comment »

30% would ignore the rule and keep riding without a helmet.

See Compulsory helmets would make one in ten cyclists quit riding

The study was conducted by the Institute of Advanced Motorists which surveyed over 4,000 people for the poll

One interesting component of the survey showed that cyclists did not think that helmets were as important as conspicuous clothing and lights.

I may look bad when I ride, but you can’t miss bright red, yellow and several flashing lights!

The survey showed that people are not anti-helmet, the just believe it should be a personal choice, although 10% of those polled fell helmets did not work.

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Does being safe make us stupid? Studies say yes.

Posted: June 22, 2011 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets | Leave a comment »

If we think we are safe, we ignore the obvious dangers around us.

In an interesting article, Bike Helmets Might not be so Good at Saving Lives a blogger has looked at several articles written about bicycle helmets and what has occurred.

Generally, the studies he quotes show that helmet use has gone up, and ridership has gone down. Head injuries or cycling fatalities have not decreased to the same percentage. Consequently, it is easy to see that wearing a helmet does not mean you are safer with cycling.

However, it is this quote that made me think.

Individual cases do not prove anything. Statistics do.

He’s right. Whenever I quote statistics someone argues that they know of a case where…….. Two things generally happen. If you track down the case you find it either did not happen the way it was described, or it was not near as bad as described.

The world is not a first aid practical exam. Unless you are working on a ski patrol, the chances of you using your wilderness first aid knowledge are slim nil and none. Yet we justify those one in a million situations to prove we need helmets, EMT’s in the wilderness, and padded trees.

We also have the media, of which I hopefully am included, that is making the information much more available to all of us. I post disaster and fatality information on Facebook. So now that I think about it, I’m contributing to the problem.

Think

We need to engage our heads first when thinking safety and not just react. We need to engage our heads when we talk statistics and not fall back on wildly inflated third hand stories. We need to use our heads to protect our heads rather than rely on a factory in china.

What makes this really stupid is it comes from the land of no one wears a hockey helmet.

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I once thought you had to take an IQ test to run to be a state legislator. You could run only if you flunk the test.

Posted: May 3, 2011 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Ski Area | Leave a comment »

Or probably, If I make enough noise, no matter how wrong, I can get re-elected.

A Senator in California is pushing a bill to require helmets on kids at ski areas. His statements to the press, if quoted correctly are made to flame the emotions of people and not based on either research or intelligence.

SB 105 will significantly reduce instances of traumatic brain injury or death for such a vulnerable population

Despite repeated warnings from public health experts, professional athletes, and ski resorts, each winter brings news of hundreds of unnecessary tragedies for the failure to wear a helmet

Right, ski resorts are saying that helmets will protect kids.

However this statement by the author of the article is just plain dumb.

According to the National Ski Areas Association, 19 of 38 people who died on ski slopes in the 2009-2010 season were not wearing helmets at the time of the injury

Correct, that also means that 19 of the 38 people who died last season on ski slopes where wearing helmets. Your chances of dying wearing a helmet are exactly the same as not wearing a helmet.

“How can California not set minimum standards for children’s ski safety when the data is so conclusive that helmets save lives and reduce severity of head injuries,” said Yee

What data is he looking at? His own quote in the article proves his statement is wrong.

However I doubt that this Senator really cares about kids, he just cares about getting re-elected and he can parade this around as something he did to protect kids. Protect them from skiing, not from injuries.

I tried contacting Senator Yee to show him some research but he only accepts email from people in his district. I mean why listen to reason when you can hide behind ignorance.

See Ski Helmet Law Approved By Senate

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Wear a helmet; it might help prevent head injuries. It won’t keep you alive. More importantly, next time you walk into a ballot box or deal with a politician, try and get the truth, not just platitudes.

For other articles on the issue see:

More information over the debate about ski helmets: Ski Helmets ineffective crashes were the wear is going faster than 12 miles per hour
Skiing/Boarding Helmets and what is the correct message
California bill to require helmets on skiers and boarders under age 18 dies lacking governor’s signature.

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Fifteen Percent Discount on Gear Ties

Posted: November 25, 2010 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Product Review | 1 Comment »

You will get a 15% discount off of your order when you purchase from www.geartie.com, now through December 31st.

The code is HOLIDAY1 that you will need at time of checkout.

I use these and they are great. They are a rubber coded twist tie that come in five sizes. You can use them to tie anything up, down, together or apart. Use them to keep cables organized, hang items, or just keep handy in your car for what every you may need.

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National Sporting Goods Association reports that Helmet use at US Ski Areas increased during the 2009-10 ski season.

Posted: October 26, 2010 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Leave a comment »

Helmet Use at U.S. Ski Areas Shows Increase in 2009/10 Season according to the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) and the National Ski Area Association (NSAA).

According to preliminary findings of the 2009/10 National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) National Demographic Study, 57% of skiers and snowboarders wear helmets on the slopes. Helmet usage among those interviewed nationwide increased 19% versus the 2008/09 season, when 48% of those interviewed were wearing helmets.

By comparison, just 25% of skiers and snowboarders wore helmets during the 2002/03 season. The annual Demographic study is compiled from more than 130,000 interviews of skiers and snowboarders nationwide.
The study also showed that: 87% of children 9 years old or younger wear ski/snowboard helmets; 75% of children between 10 and 14 wear ski/snowboard helmets; 43% of all 18-24-year olds interviewed wore helmets, representing a 139% increase in usage for this age group since the 2002/03 season, when just 18% wore helmets; and 70% of adults age 65 and older wear ski/snowboard helmets.

Find more information online under the Safety & Education menu at http://www.nsaa.org or click here.
The NSGA has been serving the sporting goods industry since 1929. To subscribe to the NSGA Research Newsletter go here.

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California bill to require helmets on skiers and boarders under age 18 dies lacking governor’s signature.

Posted: October 12, 2010 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Legislation, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Leave a comment »

Probably, a good thing.

There is a balancing act, always upset by politicians seeking to attract attention, between getting kids’ outdoors and the risks the outdoors create. That risk is probably less than the short and long term risk of sitting at home. However, that does not stop a politician seeking to gain media time from trying to eliminate the risk, no matter how misguided.

The entire premise is based on the theory that all skiers and boarders under the age of 18 will go out and buy a helmet before riding. That premises is possibly wrong. What does happen based on several studies is fewer youths participate in the sport after requiring helmets. See the following:

A critical examination of arguments against bicycle helmet use and legislation
Helmet Laws and Health
Head Injuries and Helmet Laws in Australia and New Zealand
Head injuries and bicycle helmet laws.

There are other studies that contradict these findings, however.

It is simple. Friday night Johnny takes the information bout the ski trip on Saturday to mom. Mom reads that Johnny must have a helmet to participate. Mom is not going to go buy or rent Johnny a helmet because:

It is late and mom is tired.
She has no money to buy or rent a helmet.
She does not want to spend any more money on a helmet.
Tough luck Johnny, you will probably be a bad skier anyway.

See California Helmet Bill Is Dead

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A father of a deceased skier pushing for a helmet law in New Jersey.

Posted: June 29, 2010 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Legislation, Ski Area | Leave a comment »

Australian study shows requiring helmets reduces participants in the activity.

Death of 12 year old daughter in 1988 fuels pushed by father for your kids to wear helmets. The young girl died after being hit by another skier.

The law does make parents liable, rather than the ski areas, if a child does not wear a helmet while at the resort. Fine of $25 to $100 are proposed.

So with all of the push to get kids’ outdoors, this law will push back and keep kids inside during the winter.
Why not put that energy and money into doing something good. Buying helmets for under privileged youth so they can go skiing and boarding rather than writing a law that will prevent them from going skiing and boarding.

Would you send your kid to go skiing, even if it’s free, if you face a fine of $100?

Why not provide an educational program for all skiers on what helmets can do and why? Why not take the money and time and provide discounts on helmets so anyone can buy or rent a helmet? Why not incentivize rental programs to provide free helmets?

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See Morris County doctor pushes for N.J. law requiring helmets for young skiers.

Aspen Skiing Co. requires helmets for Salaried employees on the mountain

Posted: June 17, 2010 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets, Ski Area | Leave a comment »

Because we don’t care about hourly employees?

I know this is an attempt to deal with the real, government, political and other issues of skiing and helmets. However, the announcement just seems wrong to me.

500 salaried Aspen Skiing Company employees will be required to wear a helmet while on the mountain. (How many of those administrative assistants, cooks, janitors, etc. are ever on the helmet is another question.)
Look at it this way. An hourly employee has a severe head injury on the mountain. The parents go to Aspen and say, why was my son not wearing a helmet? The answer, no matter what Aspen Skiing Company says, is going to be, because we did not want to spend the money on hourly employees.

Yes Aspen is doing a good thing and trying to appear responsible with this announcement. However, there is no way to win this one. Either you protect all employees equally or none.

See Aspen To Require Helmets For Salaried On-Mountain Employees

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Other Voice on the Helmet Debate

Posted: April 6, 2010 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Helmets | Leave a comment »

Jon Heshka of Thompson River University

In an article Why ski helmets alone won’t reduce serious injuries Jon Heshka of Thompson River University talks about what helmets will and will not do.

Great article

Keywords: outdoor recreation, helmets, skiing, snowboarding, ski helmets, snowboarding helmets

It's not what I write, It's what you Learn

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Risk Homeostasis?

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See Head injuries on rise despite helmets

For additional articles on Risk Homeostasis see:

For additional articles on Helmets see:

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Thanks to Brad Waldron at Kali Protectives for giving me the visual to explain this.

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However the article eventually does explain some great ideas about helmets.

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County sheriff deputy reports a helmet would have saved the man’s life, even though he was wearing one and died of blunt force trauma.

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Either that or we should be wearing helmets at dinner.

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If you are a pro (work) in the outdoor industry, you should know about OutdoorProlink. If you are a manufacturer you have an easy way to deal with preforms.

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Besides, as many of you know, the effectiveness of most safety gear is less successful than the laws requiring the gear.

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Reasons for their attitude very, however 2/3s do not support a mandatory law.

So?

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30% would ignore the rule and keep riding without a helmet.

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