Arrrgghh after trawling threads trying to make an informed choice on wearing a helmet with my own safety at heart I found it frustrating at the number of people who seem to form a relationship with not wearing a cycle helmet and not wearing a seatbelt.....
It's statistically proven that wearing a seatbelt in a car crash will improve your chances in the event of an accident, there's evidence....
There doesn't seem to be any such evidence about wearing a helmet on a bike!
If you do have some statistics could you post em? In fact stupid as it sounds, there seems to be evidence that wearing a helmet may decrease your survival odds. Someone posted a link to http://www.cyclehelmets.org/mf.html?1012 which has some pretty interesting points on the subject.
Could we avoid the, "i fell off and my helmet split, it saved my life" testimonies. I'd genuinely like to know if we've all been brain washed into wearing a helmet and if a little piece of plastic is giving a false sense of security or if it statistically saves more lives.
Maybe the helmet poll should really have been along the lines of,
(I think) wearing a helmet has saved my life at least once!
(I think) wearing a helmet has saved my life loads of times!
I have wrecked once and the helmet made no difference!
I have wrecked loads of times and the helmet made no difference!
I'm amazing and have never wrecked, but i wear a helmet anyway just in case...
Cheers.....
It's statistically proven that wearing a seatbelt in a car crash will improve your chances in the event of an accident, there's evidence....
There doesn't seem to be any such evidence about wearing a helmet on a bike!
If you do have some statistics could you post em? In fact stupid as it sounds, there seems to be evidence that wearing a helmet may decrease your survival odds. Someone posted a link to http://www.cyclehelmets.org/mf.html?1012 which has some pretty interesting points on the subject.
Could we avoid the, "i fell off and my helmet split, it saved my life" testimonies. I'd genuinely like to know if we've all been brain washed into wearing a helmet and if a little piece of plastic is giving a false sense of security or if it statistically saves more lives.
Maybe the helmet poll should really have been along the lines of,
(I think) wearing a helmet has saved my life at least once!
(I think) wearing a helmet has saved my life loads of times!
I have wrecked once and the helmet made no difference!
I have wrecked loads of times and the helmet made no difference!
I'm amazing and have never wrecked, but i wear a helmet anyway just in case...
Cheers.....