Re: 1972 Legnano in the news

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:19:59 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 11/10/2024 10:23 PM, John B. wrote:

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:05:15 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

What proportion of your own lifetime bicycle riding was
under a brain bucket?

 
I honestly don't know as I spent much of my military career "overseas"
where we were somewhat protected from local laws, if for no other
reason then that few of the local police spoke English :-) Then when I
retired I went back overseas to work and riding a bicycle on your
break was sort of "blah" and money was plentiful so take a taxi :-)

>
I don't think that was honest at all. What were the years you did your
bicycle riding? I'd assume most were before 1980. Bike helmets (other
than the rare racer's leather strap kind) were almost nonexistent until
1980.

You are being deliberately obtuse aren't you.
I tell you that I can't answer because I spent so much time over seas
and you don't seem able to understand.

O.K. for the obtuse. I rode a bike off and on
(Off and On)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/off-and-on

from the time I was about 12 years old until my wife died about 2
years ago. I didn't kept any record of when I rode or how fast or how
many hills I rode up or down so I can't report how often I rode a bike
or when I rode or what I wore while riding. To be honest I never
considered riding a bicycle that "big a deal" - you want to ride, you
ride and if you don't want to ride you don't ride.

Perhaps that is a solution. A state law that for anyone killed or
injured while riding a bicycle without a helmet any insurance policy
for medical care and/or death shall be deemed to be null and void.

>
Would that apply to _all_ victims of brain injury? Let's recall that in
the U.S., bicyclists comprise less than one percent of fatal brain
injuries. For serious but not fatal brain injuries, the percentages
probably aren't much different.

What is so complicated about "anyone killed or
injured while riding a bicycle without a helmet" that you have to ask
questions?

Falls when walking around the home are one of the top causes of serious
brain injuries. Riding in automobiles is also a big cause, as are
assaults. Bicycling is rarely mentioned as a source in articles listing
causes. See
https://www.myshepherdconnection.org/abi/Introduction-to-Brain-Injury/Statistics-and-Causes
as an example.

Try
https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/bicyclists
For a bit more accurate report.

>
And don't think that bicyclists are a significant portion of the "falls"
or "motor vehicle" categories. Here's a more detailed table that deals
with total (not just TBI) fatalities. Note what a tiny portion
bicyclists make up. https://probablyhelpful.com/injury_death.htm
>
It's a propaganda generated myth that riding a bike is likely to cause
serious brain injury.

Gee... and here I was thinking about bicycle safety and now, suddenly,
you have switched to, one assumes, all accidents.

Or is that just one of your little tricks? You can't provide a logical
respond so you just change the subject... Just like Tom, right?





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Cheers,

John B.