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GaryG wrote:
> "jtaylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:h%[email protected]!nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> >
> > "GaryG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> > > As for scrapes and bruises to my head "not necessarily worth
> > preventing"...I
> > > disagree. Even though the day to day risk are low, I still prefer to
> wear
> > a
> > > risk mitigating device on my head (given that it's a mission critical
> > piece
> > > of my cycling kit).
> > >
> >
> > How do you know it is a "risk-mitigating device"?
> >
> > The best and most recent studies show that cycle helmets make cycling more
> > dangerous.
> >
>
> Were that the case, American lawyers would be lining up to sue the
> manufacturers (they do for every other thing, real or imagined). That they
> are not leads me (and most others) to conclude that there is no evidence to
> support your contention.
>
Bingo! If nothing else proves the "helmets increase risk" lie is pure
BS, the lack of litigation surely does so. If there were even a sliver
of fact to it, the ambulance chasers would be all over it like flies on
****.
> "jtaylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:h%[email protected]!nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> >
> > "GaryG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> > > As for scrapes and bruises to my head "not necessarily worth
> > preventing"...I
> > > disagree. Even though the day to day risk are low, I still prefer to
> wear
> > a
> > > risk mitigating device on my head (given that it's a mission critical
> > piece
> > > of my cycling kit).
> > >
> >
> > How do you know it is a "risk-mitigating device"?
> >
> > The best and most recent studies show that cycle helmets make cycling more
> > dangerous.
> >
>
> Were that the case, American lawyers would be lining up to sue the
> manufacturers (they do for every other thing, real or imagined). That they
> are not leads me (and most others) to conclude that there is no evidence to
> support your contention.
>
Bingo! If nothing else proves the "helmets increase risk" lie is pure
BS, the lack of litigation surely does so. If there were even a sliver
of fact to it, the ambulance chasers would be all over it like flies on
****.