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>  > But in the "anything can happen" sense that has me wearing a helmet as
> >  well, I think a loosely adjusted b.c. is cheap insurance--and because
> >  I'm part of a saddle co., don't want people to think that anyone riding
> >  in one can get along without a b.c.
>
>
> It is the very reason that I wear a helmet that I DON'T use a breast collar.
> And a loose-fitting one is all that more of an invitation to getting hung up
> on something, or getting something hung up in it.  I've never seen anyone
> yet be MORE severely injured from wearing a helmet than they would have been
> without one.  Having seen about as many wrecks caused by breast collars as
> prevented by them, I'd rather not, thank you...  One of the most interesting
> ones actually didn't do TOO much damage--lady got on her horse at the start
> of a ride in her camp area, and got the breast collar hung up on the mirror
> of her pickup truck.  Fortunately the mirror broke off before anyone got
> seriously hurt, and although she got dumped and the horse made a couple of
> passes through camp, no one was injured.  So it is the "anything can happen"
> sense that keeps them OFF my horses....
>
> Heidi

Getting a breastcollar hung up on a car mirror?!  That isn't an 
indictment of the piece of tack, but rather that some rider is 
clueless as to how to fit it and adjust it (and yes, a helmet must 
fit and be adjusted properly too if its to do its job and not cause 
cervical injury during a fall).
--
Lynn Kinsky     Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky


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