An old urc poster comments thus.


by BurttheBike

Thursday, November 24 2011, 6:08PM
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“PC Heath and his colleagues are to be commended for wishing to
improve the safety of cyclists, and many of the measures they are
promoting are positive, but there is one exception: cycle helmets.

Nowhere with a helmet law or massive rise in helmet wearing because of
propaganda campaigns can show any reduction in risk to cyclists, and
some research shows an increase in risk with helmet wearing.

One might have assumed that if anyone would check the evidence, it
would be the police, but sadly, many police forces accept the
misinformation and distortions supplied by single issue pressure
groups without checking it.

There have been cases of children strangled by the straps of their
helmet, but it cannot be shown that a helmet has saved a single life.
The police are therefore promoting something which has killed children
but saved none, not exactly a responsible position.

For a few facts rather than the pressure group propaganda, check out
cyclehelmets.org

--
Simon Mason