Benefits of wearing a helmet

[dondare]

Looking at it from another point of view, wearing a life jacket/bouyancy aid as "I’m a good swimmer" how many times have I heard that, and how many people drown in boating accidents each year. I for one would not dream of going kayaking without a bouyancy aid it is there as a "back up", just like my helmet, inner tube ect

More people drown in inland waterways in cars than boats - strange but true. Motorists should therefore keep a life jacket under the seat like they do in planes.
And planes should keep parachutes under the seat which would make a lot more sense.

 

[dondare]

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Because the probability increases when you go out on your bike? And please don't rebut this with 'Well peds should wear them because the chances of falling over walking on the pavement are greater then that of a cyclist.'' You can't rely on those stats because they are more peds walking the earth then there are cyclists.
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The greatest danger to peds comes when they have to cross roads. Sure, they could look right, left &c. but too often they forget to. So about 600 or so get killed in Britain each year.
Yes, there are more peds than cyclists but this can be taken into account and when it is we find that peds actually have a slightly greater chance of being killed in a road accident than a cyclist for an equivalent journey.
So peds should helmet up when they cross roads. It could save their lives.
BTW Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead, would that count as saving his life?

 

[dondare]

Bikes should be quick, easy things, free of faff. Having a helmet is faff.

+1

 

[dondare]

Do you honestly believe that cycling is that much more dangerous than everything else that you do?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Loads of stuff to worry about...
Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1
Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1
Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1
Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1
Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1
Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1
Odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus trip: 500,000,000 to 1
Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1
Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1
Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1
Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1
Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1
Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1
Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1
Chance of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820
Chance of dying from intentional self-harm: 1 in 9,380
Chance of dying from an assault: 1 in 16,421
Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585
Chance of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666
Chance of dying from accidental drowning: 1 in 79,065
Chance of dying from exposure to smoke, fire, and flames: 1 in 81,524
Chance of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787
Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,000
Chance of dying in such a collision: 1 in 20,000
Chance of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood): 1 in 225,107
Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319
Chance of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035
Chance of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000
Chance of dying in a fireworks accident: 1 in 1,000,000
Chance of dying from overexertion, travel or privation: 1 in 1,428,377
Chance of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000
Chance of dying from legal execution: 1 in 3,441,325
Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564
Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000
Chance of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556
Chance of dying from being bitten by a dog: 1 in 700,000
Chance of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325
Chance of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or humans): 1 in 4,235,477
Chance of dying from a mountain lion attack in California: 1 in 32,000,000
Chance of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000
Chance of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3

 

[iAmiAdam]

Bought a helmet today, for the simple reason that I do not want to die from falling or getting knocked off my bike and hitting my head, I'd rather live thank you.


The way I see it, if you're going to hit your head in a fatal way on a bike, you're given a chance to live, you have to be wearing a helmet for that chance though.

 

[dondare]

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No, when have I said or even implied this?
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What other activities do you wear a helmet for?

 

[ferret fur]

Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1

eh?
shome mishtake surely?

 

[dondare]

Bought a helmet today, for the simple reason that I do not want to die from falling or getting knocked off my bike and hitting my head, I'd rather live thank you.


The way I see it, if you're going to hit your head in a fatal way on a bike, you're given a chance to live, you have to be wearing a helmet for that chance though.

Be sure to wear it when crossing roads.

(O.K. Not really. Just look both ways.)

 

[iAmiAdam]

I'm not travelling at 25-30mph when I'm crossing the road.

 

[fossyant]

I think bikes should have seatbelts too.. oh yes and stabilisers...

Not Track Legal.........no use...........

 

[Dayvo]

I believe in free choice.

I don't like wearing them, but now I always do, due to a nasty accident a few years ago that would have resulted in something far more serious than just a broken collar bone had I not been wearing one.

 

[Jezston]

I could have sworn I remember lee arguing AGAINST helmet use in a similar thread a while back.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I could have sworn I remember lee arguing AGAINST helmet use in a similar thread a while back.

That is the awesome power of The Helmet Debate

 

[Jezston]

I wear a helmet when commuting as that's when I feel most at risk - riding fast with lots of self important idiots driving about - and I'm wearing all the gear so it looks ok.

If I'm tootling about town in 5-10 mph traffic on a Saturday doing my shopping on my single speed hack wearing casual clothes I wear no helmet, perhaps a flat cap, and pay lots of attention.