On 01/16/2007 18:14:19 Tony Raven <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Buck wrote on 16/01/2007 10:58 +0100:
>>> You (apparently) don't.
>> People don't actually, they have heard from the idiots on both sides but
>> have yet to hear from balanced sources, both sides so far have started
>> with the solutions they wished to reach, then followed with "research" to
>> prove their requirements, both arguments are flawed so we are no further
>> forward.
> Confirming you don't. Most of us here started from the long held
> assumption that helmets were good - I wore one for years thinking it
> protected my head. Many of us have also had scientific training and at
> some point or other something triggered us to look into the research. The
> result of that review is that most of us stopped wearing helmets.
> So to say we started from solutions we wished to reach is absolutely
> wrong. We started from a long held opposite position and were convinced
> by the evidence that we had been wrong. The evidence is now collated out
> there on cyclehelmets.org for you to read and make up your own mind. For
> some reason a number of people don't want to do that which is their
> perogative but don't expect to get an easy ride from those of us that have
> done the detailed study if you then spout uninformed nonsense here.
I've read it all and then some, I don't bother to allude to my supposed
education as a last defence however.
Helmets do provide some decelleration on impact, a little is better than non
in my opinion, however I don't always wear a helmet, it's my choice, but I
don't agree that because it cannot guarantee that you will survive a crash, it is therefore void.
Helmets need to made to reduce rotational forces, where in fact many increase these forces, a large diameter helmet can increase the possibility
of neck injury, but a lower profile helmet does not suffer this problem.
An informed purchase can make sense.
An increase in injuries has been reported when helmet use is law, but reading the reports suggests that this may well be because people
wearing helmets believe themselves to be impervious to harm, so the
problem, if that is the case, is not the helmet but the fool wearing it.
I note that on here car drivers are stupid for not using sense, but cyclists
doing the same are considered victims of legislation, it's double standards,
of course I am far less intelligent than you so what do I know?
My personal study of the information and my own experiences cannot in any
way compare to yours. I can only dream of being as competent as you Tony,
maybe in 60 years or so eh? If i get to drink out of enough alluminium
containers anyway.
--
Buck
Give a little person a little power and create a big problem.
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