there is nothing wrong with free choice. The only people who should wear a helmet are those who feel
that they have something worth protecting. IMHO Those who don't wear them are showing that they have
nothing very important there to protect anyway. I would never ride a foot without my helmet. A
helmet saved me once. If others dont, thats their right. I just hope that I dont happen along and be
the first one to find them after bad head first fall . Harry VR40
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>"Freewheeling" <
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>> Beth:
>>
>> I've been thinking about getting a pair of lederhosen and calling them
my
>> "cycling leathers." Maybe it'll catch on.
>>
>> Seriously though, a bike helmet probably would *not* save your life in
an
>> otherwise fatal accident, but there isn't much doubt that it reduces the severity of cosmetic
>> injuries and other traumas. I went down on a moped sans helmet, and spent the next six weeks
>> telling people why my head was bandaged. A few years later I went down on a motorcycle at 65 mph
>> wearing
a
>> helmet, leathers and gloves and just had a painful impact injury to my
knee,
>> but virtually no other visible sign of the accident. No road burn, other than a small patch on my
>> elbow where the leather was torn. (The helmet
was
>> a little more substantial than a cycling helmet, though. But the same controversy exists in the
>> motorcycle community.)
>>
>> No, I'm not in favor of a mandatory helmet law. Maybe mandatory lederhosen, though.
>>
>> --
>> --Scott
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>>
>> "BethF" <
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>> >
>> > "Doug Huffman" <
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>> >
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>> > > Perhaps the subject should have been "D. S. will wear his helmet."
The
>> > > conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense. I would hate
to
>> have
>> > > to add a.r.b.r. to the hell-mutt rule.
>> >
>> >
>> > So you think that if this guy had worn his helmet that he STILL would
have
>> > been incoherent?
>> >
>> >
>After more than a decade of 5,000+ km. per year and no accidents,Why wear a helment? I started to
>question myself on helmet wear. Than one day riding on a bike path i went over the bars (DF) and
>cracked the helmet in two places. Result one seperated shoulder no concussion and a very scared 7
>yr. old grandauther(Riding her own bike).I know without a doubt I escaped serious injury. Also my
>sweetheart was scared enough, What if grandpa was laying there unconscious.I always wear a
>helmet,should you wear one? that's up to you,Free choice is what it's all about!
Harry VR40/oss