Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 3/25/2025 1:33 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

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I can't understand why anyone argues about wearing helmets other than
about making it mandatory. Whether on not a person wears a helmet has
no effect on anyone else. As for laws about adults wearing them, they
are gradually falling by the wayside.
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Soloman
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 Get it required by organisations and organised events which is admittedly a
low percentage of cyclists ie folks who are club members and/or Sportives
etc which often requires helmets commonly due to insurance.

Even the insurance is usually a red herring. I ran our club's annual century for about eight years. We carried insurance through the League of American Bicyclists, and I was very familiar with their required liability release. It said absolutely nothing about helmets.
When I ran the ride, we did not require helmets. Almost everyone wore one anyway. (It's part of America's "avid cyclist" costume, and fashion is weird and powerful.) We had very few crashes and never a liability problem.
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