Helmets

In message , Vivian
writes
I'm new to this group so I don't know if this has been discussed before.

A Google Groups search for Helmets or Helmet in the subject in urc
returns 1420 posts for this year alone.....


Wearing a helmet will become compulsory for under 16's in the UK. I've
read/heard many people complaining that this will deter people from picking
up cycling, as wearing a helmet implies a dangerous activity.

I totally disagree with this.

What do you guys think?

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in message , Vivian
') wrote:

I'm new to this group so I don't know if this has been discussed
before.

Oh, no, not again.

This group is intensely weary of discussing helmets. Every possible
point of view has been discussed repeatedly, and can be found with a
quick search of Google. Suffice it to say that the case for helmets is
not nearly so clear-cut as you would think, and that the available
large scale studies tend to show that helmet wearers are more, not
less, likely to be injured.

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(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; When all else fails, read the distractions.

in message , Vivian
') wrote:

I'm new to this group so I don't know if this has been discussed
before.

Oh, no, not again.

This group is intensely weary of discussing helmets. Every possible
point of view has been discussed repeatedly, and can be found with a
quick search of Google. Suffice it to say that the case for helmets is
not nearly so clear-cut as you would think, and that the available
large scale studies tend to show that helmet wearers are more, not
less, likely to be injured.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; When all else fails, read the distractions.

Simon Brooke wrote:

in message , Vivian
') wrote:

I'm new to this group so I don't know if this has been discussed
before.

Oh, no, not again.

I think this issue is just so important that it doesn't really matter if
it keeps getting raised. It has the potential for having a devasting
effect on cycling.
Unfortunately it also has an enormous potential for trolling :-(
But you can always ignore the postings.

This group is intensely weary of discussing helmets.

That's *your* opinion, albeit an understandable guess.

John B

Simon Brooke wrote:

in message , Vivian
') wrote:

I'm new to this group so I don't know if this has been discussed
before.

Oh, no, not again.

I think this issue is just so important that it doesn't really matter if
it keeps getting raised. It has the potential for having a devasting
effect on cycling.
Unfortunately it also has an enormous potential for trolling :-(
But you can always ignore the postings.

This group is intensely weary of discussing helmets.

That's *your* opinion, albeit an understandable guess.

John B

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:45:32 +0100, JohnB wrote in
message :

This group is intensely weary of discussing helmets.
That's *your* opinion, albeit an understandable guess.

Mine too, I would much rather discuss something positive, but as you
say it is too important to let it by.

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Guy
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May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:45:32 +0100, JohnB wrote in
message :

This group is intensely weary of discussing helmets.
That's *your* opinion, albeit an understandable guess.

Mine too, I would much rather discuss something positive, but as you
say it is too important to let it by.

--
Guy
===
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

Simon wrote:
No need to shoot this guy down in flames- it's his first time!

Welcome to the group!

Seconded.

And anyone who wants to have a helmet rant, have a look at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...nt/3623089.stm

Regards,

Pete.

Simon wrote:
No need to shoot this guy down in flames- it's his first time!

Welcome to the group!

Seconded.

And anyone who wants to have a helmet rant, have a look at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...nt/3623089.stm

Regards,

Pete.

In article ,
says...
I'm new to this group so I don't know if this has been discussed before.

I remember when I was, I wondered the same as well..

Wearing a helmet will become compulsory for under 16's in the UK.
Not yet it won't, and in no small part thanks to some contributers on
here
I've
read/heard many people complaining that this will deter people from picking
up cycling,
aparently the evidence supports this view...
as wearing a helmet implies a dangerous activity.

But possibly not for thsi reason

I totally disagree with this.
That's your perojorative. It is simalar to the veiw I held a few shhort
weeks ago. Now, I'm much better read on the subject and have decided
that its a complicated subject, but compulsion IS a bad thing.


What do you guys think?

Lots and lots of conflicting things, on the whole ::~)
Nice to be in a UK based newsgroup!
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