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I understand the bullish tactics of gopro where they control the monopoly at a pro event. But what on earth would cause a controlling body to ban any type of helmet cam in all forms of racing?
It used to be fun to go through a bit of footage at the end of the day's racing.. . Nanny country indeed
I understand the bullish tactics of gopro where they control the monopoly at a pro event. But what on earth would cause a controlling body to ban any type of helmet cam in all forms of racing?
It used to be fun to go through a bit of footage at the end of the day's racing.. . Nanny country indeed
That and media rights is the two top reasons.
so this kinda doesn't surprise me
The Shop
If you have to have a record of your ride / a company want's footage, well, get it from a well mounted chest / body camera, or on bike camera.
The Finnish motorcycle association banned helmet cams and extra lighting on the helmets in Enduro racing for 2017. The helmet cam or extra lighting can only be placed on the visor not on the shell of the helmet.
Things can go wrong very quickly if you crash and have a go pro or something similar attached to the actual shell of the helmet. Want to record footage when you ride? Use a chest mount or handlebar mount. Or the helmet visor.
and i'd really like to see what your chest cavity looks like if you landed square on with a supposedly safe chesty mount.... because i doubt that'd be too pretty!
My opinion is (a) TV rights and/or (b) typical nanny state mentality.
A round helmet without any edges(Arai) will be more safe than a helmet with sharp edges(Shoei) because of obvious reasons(physics).
Why do you think Fox have a magnetic visor for the upcoming model? And other helmet brands have visor screws that are supposed to break if you crash.
the burden of proof SHOULD be on the authorities to prove that these things aren't safe, not just tell us they aren't safe and try and make the companies prove them wrong
one minutes of google searching and i came across a gopro video of someone using a chesty mount and crashing and breaking his ribs...... should we ban them too now?
Take a look at this: https://youtu.be/oBDTCSoi47E?t=528
Now put a helmet camera mount on it and do the same test. The result will be different.
Now put a helmet camera on the actual mount and do the test. The result will be way different, the values will skyrocket.
I don't know what to say to you if you don't understand that.
I believe if you search for helmet shape and safety you'll probably find that sharp edges and pointy things coming off the helmet might exaggerate head trauma.
Of course there is corner cases that increases the risk, but, that risk could be negligent. It could actually be that the risk of getting hurt without a mount is higher due to the camera not absorbing some energy. If you then add the risk of getting hurt with a mount (corner cases), the total risk number goes down.
So it is not as easy as saying "camera on helmet, bad thing"....
Of course if you drill holes, use aluminum mounts and other stupid shit, risk increases.
Pit Row
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One of my college roommates was paralyzed playing football. The doctors at the time thought that what may have ultimately caused his injury was the top mounting hardware for his face mask digging into the turf and stopping while his body continued forward, damaging his spinal cord.
Not sure if this is part of their reasoning, as it's a very rare occurrence and I don't think that a GoPro mount is quite as much of a "pivot" risk as this would be.
Yes, please stay.
California elects their mayors, city councils, county commissioners, representatives, governor, etc. just like the rest of us do. If they aren't representing the wishes of the constituency, they get voted out. They have as much "democracy" as the rest of us.
People who cry tyranny like that have no concept of true tyranny..........
That said, I ran lipstick cams way back in the middle 90s attached with velcro. Never really thought about it.
I think the current ones "Could" cause a problem, and they do have some leverage being up high, but I never really worried about mine.
BTW, I run the 70 dollar versions of the GP's because I've had limbs tear mine off and didn't know it. Still HD.
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