In article , Tom Crispin wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:09:06 +0100, Judith Smith
wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:39:32 +0100, Tom Crispin
wrote:

At a whole population level, do you think that a manatory helmet law
for cyclists would have a positive or negative effect on the health of
the nation?

I think

Evidence indicates the opposite is true.

Indeed - a recent paper estimates the negative health impact of a helmet
law would cost the UK about $0.4 billion. (About 0.19 billion pounds,
it's an Australian paper.)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...act_id=1368064 via
http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/04/20/m...y-helmet-laws/