Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 3/25/2025 6:11 AM, John B. wrote:

 I've told this story before but once again.

I think you've told _all_ your stories before, John. (Yawn.)

When I was working around oil well drilling rigs the word came down
from the Drilling Company -  "When you come back from break be sure
you are wearing a "Hard Hat"(i.e. helmet) or don't bother to come
back". And you know? Everybody came back with a hard hat and there was
never a mention,  good, bad or indifferent, whether people wanted to
were a helmet, or not, or any of the other  arguments I hear in
bicycle circles.

And that story has been explained as irrelevant before. Brief rebuttal: The requirement was probably imposed by an insurance company as a requirement for coverage. The drilling company had no economic reason to dispute it; they just passed the requirement on to the workers. The worker had no economic reason to dispute it, since it was a mandate required to keep a job.
None of this applies to ordinary bicycling.
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- Frank Krygowski