Re: O.T. --- Today's Bike Ride --- O.T. ? ?

In article <va5l9s$kg6$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...

 
Try to find a helmet:
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  images  here.

  https://www.dutchnews.nl/2019/03/top-hat-bike-helmets-
would-save-85-cycling-fatalities-a-year-says-report/

 quote

  "A new report from the Dutch road safety research
foundation predicts that if cyclists in the Netherlands
always wore a helmet, there would be 85 fewer road deaths
a year.

The research, which assumes that currently between none
and 10% of cyclists actually wear a helmet, is based on a
global meta-analysis from 2018. This found that protective
headgear reduces serious head injury by 60% and slashes
serious and fatal injuries by around a third.

Put into a Dutch context, said the road safety
organisation SWOV, this would mean up to 2,600 fewer
serious traffic injuries per year. Its report suggests the
most dramatic effect would be on people over 70, with up
to 50 fewer deaths and 900 fewer injuries.

?This estimated effect is much higher than the previous
estimates that SWOV has reported,? said researchers in
their summary published on Thursday. ?This is due to a
higher expected effectiveness [of helmets] on the basis of
new meta-analyses?many more cyclists on the Dutch roads
and a greater number of head injury victims in new
accident figures.?

"According to the Fietsersbond cyclists? organisation
Dutch people each cycle an average of 880km per year, and
it is estimated that there are 22.8 million bikes in the
country ? more than the number of people. But cyclists
also make up about a third of road deaths, with around 190
fatal accidents a year and an estimated 13,300 serious
injuries."

     Janet UK