How BHiT gets cash (warning: hard hat area)

[Johnb]

More from the Annetts I'm afraid :-(

http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/andover/news/ANDOV-
ER_NEWS_NEWS1.html

I wonder if the footballers will all be wearing hats.
Football accounts for over a third of a million attending A
& E every year.

John B

 

[Anonymous]

"JohnB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> More from the Annetts I'm afraid :-(
>
>
http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/andover/news/ANDOV-
ER_NEWS_NEWS1.htm l
>
> I wonder if the footballers will all be wearing hats.
> Football accounts for over a third of a million attending
> A & E every
year.

I notice the money is to be split 50:50 between bhit and the
hospital. If people were not vary careful, that could lead
to bad publicity for bhit - 'Helmet pressure group deprives
hospital of cash.'

cheers, clive

 

[David Hansen]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:28:44 +0100 someone who may be JohnB
<[email protected]> wrote this:-

>I wonder if the footballers will all be wearing hats.
>Football accounts for over a third of a million attending A
>& E every year.

Brain injuries amongst footballers have been reduced since
(a relatively long time ago) footballs were made lighter and
made so that they do not soak up moisture. However, I'm sure
BSHIT would be better employed seeing what more they could
do to reduce brain injuries amongst footballers.

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[Michael Macclan]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:51:25 +0100, David Hansen wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:28:44 +0100 someone who may be
> JohnB <[email protected]> wrote this:-
>
>>I wonder if the footballers will all be wearing hats.
>>Football accounts for over a third of a million attending
>>A & E every year.
>
> Brain injuries amongst footballers have been reduced since
> (a relatively long time ago) footballs were made lighter
> and made so that they do not soak up moisture. However,
> I'm sure BSHIT would be better employed seeing what more
> they could do to reduce brain injuries amongst
> footballers.

They could usefully campaign to stop boxers hitting
each other.
--
Michael MacClancy Random putdown - "His mother should have
thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
www.macclancy.demon.co.uk www.macclancy.co.uk

 

[Johnb]

David Hansen wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:28:44 +0100 someone who may be
> JohnB <[email protected]> wrote this:-
>
> >I wonder if the footballers will all be wearing hats.
> >Football accounts for over a third of a million attending
> >A & E every year.
>
> Brain injuries amongst footballers have been reduced since
> (a relatively long time ago) footballs were made lighter
> and made so that they do not soak up moisture. However,
> I'm sure BSHIT would be better employed seeing what more
> they could do to reduce brain injuries amongst
> footballers.

It seems that may be on their agenda, as I see David
Coulthard has donated a signed cap for raffle at the
football match.

I suspect it will give as much protection as one of his
helmets, but is cheaper for him to give away.

John B

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:28:44 +0100, JohnB <[email protected]> wrote in
message <[email protected]>:

>http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/andover/news/ANDO-
>VER_NEWS_NEWS1.html

Anyone local fancy writing a letter along the lines of "what
a good idea, this will allow us to do our bit to make
cyclists safer without having to drive more carefully?"

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

 

[Aloysius]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote
in message

> Anyone local fancy writing a letter along the lines of
> "what a good idea, this will allow us to do our bit to
> make cyclists safer without having to drive more
> carefully?"

Oh very dry. Please do - and let us see the results.

 

[Johnb]

Aloysius wrote:
>
> "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]>
> wrote in message
>
> > Anyone local fancy writing a letter along the lines of
> > "what a good idea, this will allow us to do our bit to
> > make cyclists safer without having to drive more
> > carefully?"
>
> Oh very dry. Please do - and let us see the results.

If it appears I'll post it here.

However, I think the issue should be more along the lines of
it allowing them to do their bit to make cyclists safer,
without cyclists having to have working brakes.

John B

 

[David Martin]

On 11/6/04 3:12 pm, in article [email protected], "JohnB"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> However, I think the issue should be more along the lines
> of it allowing them to do their bit to make cyclists
> safer, without cyclists having to have working brakes.

Or looking where they are going..

..d

 

[Iarocu]

David Martin <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<BCEF7D4E.1782D%[email protected]>...
> On 11/6/04 3:12 pm, in article [email protected],
> "JohnB" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > However, I think the issue should be more along the
> > lines of it allowing them to do their bit to make
> > cyclists safer, without cyclists having to have working
> > brakes.
>
> Or looking where they are going..
>
> ..d

It might be the case that the family are misguidedly doing
something they think will help other cyclists because they
feel some guilt for the boy being killed whilst riding an
unsafe bike without a helmet. They are however doing the
least helpful thing by giving cash to Behit. A more helpful
approach might be to use cash raised to pay a bike mechanic
and have regular free bike checks carried out at local town
centres. I believe many kids bikes are not maintained well
if at all as non-cyclists are used to cars with annual
service periods. I have first hand knowledge of 2 child
cycle road accidents. One caused by brakes so badly out of
adjustment that the blocks almost missed the rims altogether
(compounded by the teenager riding off the pavement into the
road without looking). The girl hit the side of a passing
car with only minor bruises. The second a serious head
injury when a teenager lost control on a steep downhill due
to the poorly maintained brakes and hit a tree. I know this
is anectdotal but it is common sense that an accident
prevented is better than mitigating (or not) the
consequences of an accident. Iain C

 

[Johnb]

iarocu wrote:
>
> David Martin <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<BCEF7D4E.1782D%[email protected]>...
> > On 11/6/04 3:12 pm, in article
> > [email protected], "JohnB" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > However, I think the issue should be more along the
> > > lines of it allowing them to do their bit to make
> > > cyclists safer, without cyclists having to have
> > > working brakes.
> >
> > Or looking where they are going..
> >
> > ..d
>
> It might be the case that the family are misguidedly doing
> something they think will help other cyclists because they
> feel some guilt for the boy being killed whilst riding an
> unsafe bike without a helmet. They are however doing the
> least helpful thing by giving cash to Behit. A more
> helpful approach might be to use cash raised to pay a bike
> mechanic and have regular free bike checks carried out at
> local town centres. I believe many kids bikes are not
> maintained well if at all as non-cyclists are used to cars
> with annual service periods.

I fully agree and am actively working on it in the area
concerned, with maintenance and cycle training to the fore.
I already have some reasonably influential support aa well
as some support from the local cycle trade.
http://www.hampshirecycletraining.org.uk/ Hence I have a
reluctance to rock the boat too much on the helmet issue.

John B