Does the helmet rule cause more crashes in the Tour?

Hey,

Everybody can see that crashes are up this year. 99 riders
have crashed at least once by stage 7. The Tour de France
in 2004 will quite possibly have the most crashes since
they used to use those handlebar attachments about 6 years
back. There is speculation the UCI requirement of all
riders must now wear crash helmets in the races has given
them a false sense of security. The cyclists now think that
because they have increased protection against head injury,
that they can increase the chances they are taking.

Thanks, Ronde Champ

The poor weather may have something to do with the crashes
too, but the helmet skeptics on rec.bicycles.misc have been
arguing the risk compensation factor for years.

rondechamp@aol.com (Ronde Champ) wrote in message
news:<152f6cbe.0407102158.4ce66a3b@posting.google.com>...
> Hey,
>
> Everybody can see that crashes are up this year. 99
> riders have crashed at least once by stage 7. The Tour de
> France in 2004 will quite possibly have the most crashes
> since they used to use those handlebar attachments about
> 6 years back. There is speculation the UCI requirement of
> all riders must now wear crash helmets in the races has
> given them a false sense of security. The cyclists now
> think that because they have increased protection against
> head injury, that they can increase the chances they are
> taking.
>
> Thanks, Ronde Champ

Ronde Champ wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Everybody can see that crashes are up this year. 99
> riders have crashed at least once by stage 7. The Tour de
> France in 2004 will quite possibly have the most crashes
> since they used to use those handlebar attachments about
> 6 years back. There is speculation the UCI requirement of
> all riders must now wear crash helmets in the races has
> given them a false sense of security. The cyclists now
> think that because they have increased protection against
> head injury, that they can increase the chances they are
> taking.
>

Gee, this was so well done, I thought it a shame it had
no replies.

Dan

rondechamp@aol.com (Ronde Champ) wrote in message news:<152f6cbe.0407102158.4ce66a3b@posting.google.com>...
> Hey,
>
> Everybody can see that crashes are up this year. 99
> riders have crashed at least once by stage 7. The Tour de
> France in 2004 will quite possibly have the most crashes
> since they used to use those handlebar attachments about
> 6 years back. There is speculation the UCI requirement of
> all riders must now wear crash helmets in the races has
> given them a false sense of security. The cyclists now
> think that because they have increased protection against
> head injury, that they can increase the chances they are
> taking.
>
> Thanks, Ronde Champ

Thanks for clearing this up dumbass. I thought it was the
road furniture and rain.

"JFJones" <jonesjjff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:f4e5620e.0407110848.7f1834da@posting.google.com...
> The poor weather may have something to do with the crashes
> too, but the helmet skeptics on rec.bicycles.misc have
> been arguing the risk compensation factor for years.
>
> rondechamp@aol.com (Ronde Champ) wrote in message
news:<152f6cbe.0407102158.4ce66a3b@posting.google.com>...
> > Hey,
> >
> > Everybody can see that crashes are up this year. 99
> > riders have crashed at least once by stage 7. The Tour
> > de France in 2004 will quite possibly have the most
> > crashes since they used to use those handlebar
> > attachments about 6 years back. There is speculation
> > the UCI requirement of all riders must now wear crash
> > helmets in the races has given them a false sense of
> > security. The cyclists now think that because they have
> > increased protection against head injury, that they can
> > increase the chances they are taking.
> >
> > Thanks, Ronde Champ

Maybe they should go back to the Penny Farthing, these so
called "safety bicycles" are just way too dangerous. And
those pneumatic tyres, really, what was Mr Dunlop thinking
when he created those monstrosities. You can't tell me they
don't create dangerous cycling though a false "sense of
security".

Marty

"Marty Wallace" <mart@geo.net.au> wrote in message news:<40f26b4a$0$27220$61ce578d@news.syd.swiftdsl.com.au>...
> "JFJones" <jonesjjff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f4e5620e.0407110848.7f1834da@posting.google.com...
> > The poor weather may have something to do with the
> > crashes too, but the helmet skeptics on
> > rec.bicycles.misc have been arguing the risk
> > compensation factor for years.
> >
> > rondechamp@aol.com (Ronde Champ) wrote in message
> news:<152f6cbe.0407102158.4ce66a3b@posting.google.com>...
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > Everybody can see that crashes are up this year. 99
> > > riders have crashed at least once by stage 7. The
> > > Tour de France in 2004 will quite possibly have the
> > > most crashes since they used to use those handlebar
> > > attachments about 6 years back. There is speculation
> > > the UCI requirement of all riders must now wear crash
> > > helmets in the races has given them a false sense of
> > > security. The cyclists now think that because they
> > > have increased protection against head injury, that
> > > they can increase the chances they are taking.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Ronde Champ
>
> Maybe they should go back to the Penny Farthing, these so
> called "safety bicycles" are just way too dangerous. And
> those pneumatic tyres, really, what was Mr Dunlop thinking
> when he created those monstrosities. You can't tell me
> they don't create dangerous cycling though a false "sense
> of security".
>
> Marty

Actually it started when the gladiators put on metal
chest plates.