A week without a helmet.

[arch684]

Wish I had a pound for every helmet debate,I would buy a new bike and maybe a castle in Scotland

 

[Drago]

And maybe a few helmets as well.

 

[Racing roadkill]

The sooner the law changes to compulsory helmets the better. The roads are a very different place now than they were 100 years ago.

 

[User6179]

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Wish I had a pound for every helmet debate,I would buy a new bike and maybe a castle in Scotland

You'll have to ask my permission for the Castle. Not a lot of people know this but I HAVE had a pound for every helmet debate and I bought Scotland a few years back.

 

[mcshroom]

Better in what way?

In that there would be fewer cyclists? In that your chance of getting a head injury per unit distance would increase? Both the outcomes of mandatory helmets in Australia when the law was brought in, and they still haven't recovered.

Cycling has a 20:1 benefit:disbenefit ratio with respect to health (meaning even if helmets were 100% effective at preventing all fatal injuries (including non-head fatal injuries), if you reduced cycling in the UK by 5% you are actually harming the nation's' health) It has been shown that compulsion (and strong advocation) lowers cycle usage. Conversely those countries with the lowest rates of head injury also have the highest levels of cycling, and low to nonexistent levels of helmet use. Lets try emulating success rather than clasping lucky rabbit's feet eh?

 

[Brandane]

The sooner the law changes to compulsory helmets the better. The roads are a very different place now than they were 100 years ago.

Not biting. I'm allegedly on your ignore list anyway after last weeks edition of helmet wars .

 

[Jon George]

Not biting. I'm allegedly on your ignore list anyway after last weeks edition of helmet wars .

Thanks for reminding me of this facility - I'm now experimenting with 'ignoring' the person you're referring to. I feel somewhat empowered again.

 

[snorri]

The sooner the law changes to compulsory helmets the better. The roads are a very different place now than they were 100 years ago.

Most of us welcome radical views occasionally but expect them to be backed up with some reasoning, so advance some arguments or just admit to trolling.

 

[Brandane]

Thanks for reminding me of this facility - I'm now experimenting with 'ignoring' the person you're referring to. I feel somewhat empowered again.

I tried it once or twice, it just makes reading threads a bit disjointed and you end up pressing the "reveal ignored content" button anyway!
My list is empty at the moment. I find it easier to just skip past posts that you know are a waste of space.

 

[Fab Foodie]

The sooner the law changes to compulsory helmets the better. The roads are a very different place now than they were 100 years ago.

Why do you want us fervently to follow your thinking?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Another helmet debate full of scientific data

If its evidence you want, you can perform your own experiment, go crack your head against a kerb at 20 mph with a helmet, the repeat without. Probably best in that order. Have your friends/relatives post on here with how you got on.

 

[theclaud]

Is it melon time already?

 

[ianrauk]

Is it melon time already?

We'll there's a right farking Melon posting in this thread.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Is it melon time already?

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