Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 4/2/2025 11:32 AM, sms wrote:
Also see "No strong evidence bicycle helmet legislation deters cycling" which can be downloaded at <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305388486_No_strong_evidence_bicycle_helmet_legislation_deters_cycling>, (click on Download full-text PDF). See Table 1 on page 1.
The reality is that cycling rates go up and down for a variety of factors. Weather, the economy, the availability or lack of availability of mass transit, and in 2020, the pandemic and the rise of remote-working.
In China, commuter cycling plunged as cities began building subway systems. In 1992 there were no subway lines in Shanghai. This is the map today: https://www.chinaairlinetravel.com/metro/shanghai/map.html.