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I went down an airplane escape slide a couple weeks ago, it was probably somewhere between a 10 and 15 foot slide. Most people are probably unaware of this, but these slides have a pretty rough surface, probably helps you slide better than smooth rubber, but whatever the case, it's not smooth. I had short sleeves on, and one of my elbows touched that surface on my way down, it hurt like hell, scabbed way up within a couple days, and it didn't even draw blood! This is from a standing start down a slide at maybe 45 degrees, and I landed on my feet with just a couple of steps forward, in other words, I didn't go very fast.
If a rough RUBBER slide can do that to you in the space of 15 feet, what do you think a rough asphalt or concrete road is going to do to you when you start sliding down it at 40 or 50 mph?
I have always worn full leather gear, this little slide just reinforced that. I'm also never wearing shorts on an airplane.
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