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An elderly skier in Vail, Colorado, is using an array of flashing lights on his helmet to draw attention to himself as he slides around the snowscape. 79-year-old Sanford Kuvin was the victim of a collision three years ago.
This report from Vail Daily.
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“I said to myself, ‘What’s an old man like me doing on the mountain, and what can I do to draw attention to myself to prevent this?’” Kuvin said.
So he purchased six flashing bicycle lights and zip-tied them to his helmet and belt. The whole thing cost about $95, a small price to pay for safety, he said. |
Sounds like a sensible idea. Would the first snowHead willing to Euro-test this concept please notify this thread.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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OH CRAP! I've already bought my first bike light 
and even worse . . . have it clipped to my backpack . . .
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Surely the old guy would be better wearing a bright coloured jacket 
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Masque, I always thought you were younger, dunno just an impression I got...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sounds like a distraction to other skiers to me.
"He look at that guy with the flashing light on his.... WHAM!!" (ski lift pylon)
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Yes, it works. Wear a set of battery powered Christmas lights on your helmet, almost everyone slows down.
Mind you, the main collisions we have had recently have come from just not seeing the other skier at all, they could have been naked or wearing a ballet tutu, would have made no difference until after the crash.
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Police and Ambulance will tell you that rearward facing bright flashing lights make drunks aim straight at you. You naturally steer where you are looking!
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I'm intending to have multiple Tazers fixed around my person. Beneath this defense I will possess an array of 'shark billy sticks'... each tipped with a 20 bore shotgun cartridge in a shortened section of tubing with a pin pressing right up against the primer. If I'm getting hit I'm intending to come off best 
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A helmet - that's ridiculous 
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