Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 3/26/2025 3:31 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:37:09 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 3/25/2025 12:27 PM, cyclintom wrote:

>
Half of all deaths under 40 are automobile accidents.

>
Despite seat belts and air bags, of course. Yet nobody nags at motorists
to wear helmets.
>
In fact, I'll bet that when driving to or from the start of a ride, all
the helmet wearing cyclists in this group leave their helmets somewhere
in the car instead of wearing them. Because they're inside the car,
where far more brain injuries occur, they refuse to take advantage of
the added protection they so avidly proclaim!
>
Go figure!

 But why do you nag at people not to wear helmets. Nobody is going to
change their minds about it.

<sigh> I have never told anyone "not to wear helmets."
I'm telling people that others should not tell people to wear helmets, because bicycling is NOT unusually dangerous, and helmets are nowhere near as protective as people have been led to believe. And I'm pointing out that scaring people away from riding is detrimental.
I'm point out false propaganda.
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- Frank Krygowski