[Antennas] Re: shock cords exp

Tue, 14 May 2002 22:20:57 +1000

Bungee cords are a lethal device, given the right conditions.

About 4 years ago a young man (about 16) was killed by a bungee cord whilst
collecting shopping trolleys in the super market carpark.

He had collected 6 or 8 trolleys and had them joined together with a stretched
bungee cord connecting the front trolley to the back trolley. As he pushed them
along the bungee cord snapped and shot back and hit him in the throat. This
crushed his wind pipe and he died soon after.

Such a simple error with such a grave consequence.

73

Peter VK3ZPF

>
> From: "William Rose" <[email protected]>
> To: "Chad~~KM5QF~~" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Antennas] shock cords exp.
> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:41:16 -0400
>
> Hello All,
> Please be careful when using bungee cords, a.k.a. shock cords for the
> following reasons.  A fellow motorcyclist tied his bundle to luggage rack
> with bungee with xyl on board, fairly new bungee broke while doing abt
> 40mph, bungee entered rear wheel, it locked, both went down.  Luckily they
> were in full leathers and helmets so only sustained bumps and sprains but
> the bike was a mess.  My personal experience with them is: while tying down
> a tarp the black "heavy duty" type bungee broke, came back and broke my
> glasses.  Hmmm, what if I weren't wearing the specs?  I know some of you
> listers will come back saying you've never heard or seen such a thing but
> just be aware when using these sling shot like items that they can and do
> break.  73's  Bill, W1HPH    Foster, RI