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Any helmet laws successfully overturned?
"Michael Malak" wrote in message om... If every U.S. jurisdiction had a juvenile helmet law, only 137 lives would be saved. 687 * 0.29 * (2/3) = 137 http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm There would probably be many more lives saved by introducing greater physical activity to our population of overweight under-exercised children. How many childrens lives would be saved if there were mandatory helmet laws for riding in cars? How many childrens lives would be saved if all speed limits were lowered by 10 mph? At the same time how much longer would the average motor vehicle trip then take? How many childrens lives would be saved here and now and also in generations to come all over the world if we exchanged our system of personal combustion engine transportation with mass transportation? How many children under 21 will be killed directly and indirectly in oil inspired wars over the next 50 years if our consumption levels aren't radically reduced? |
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"Michael Malak" wrote in message
om... If every U.S. jurisdiction had a juvenile helmet law, only 137 lives would be saved. 687 * 0.29 * (2/3) = 137 http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm *Only* 137 lives... pffft... why even bother then? |
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How many childrens lives would be saved if there were mandatory helmet laws
for riding in cars? Trying to redirect the flame war here.... The risk from being in a car is of a similar magnitude to the risk from being on a bike. How about a push for manditory helmet laws in cars? Perhaps that would discourage car use, as similar laws discourage bike use. Peter |
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:09:20 -0700, "one of the six billion"
wrote: How many childrens lives would be saved if all speed limits were lowered by 10 mph? Accident rates would go up, not down. Jasper |
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"Peter Gardner" wrote in message ... How many childrens lives would be saved if there were mandatory helmet laws for riding in cars? Trying to redirect the flame war here.... The risk from being in a car is of a similar magnitude to the risk from being on a bike. How about a push for manditory helmet laws in cars? Perhaps that would discourage car use, as similar laws discourage bike use. The helmet laws don't discourage cycling because people don't want to wear helmets. They discourage cycling because they increase the perception of cycling as being inherently dangerous. There are already mandatory seat-belt and air-bag laws for cars, and their existence doesn't seem to discourage driving. People's capacity for self-delusion should never be underestimated; they will choose their desired result (I want to drive, I don't want to cycle) and then choose whatever evidence supports it and ignore the rest. RichC |
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If every U.S. jurisdiction had a juvenile helmet law, only 137
lives would be saved. 687 * 0.29 * (2/3) = 137 http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm This is a phony argument. For every bicycle head injury that results in death there are about a thousand head injuries which result in various other problems including permanent disabilities. Do a google search on bicycle head injury statistics and look at any of the more than 14,000 hits to get a better idea of the real potential impact of helmet usage. |
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Any helmet laws successfully overturned?
(blech) wrote:
(Michael Malak) wrote... I'm considering embarking upon a campaign to overturn bicycle helmet laws in my area. snip You should focus your attention on all the strange aircraft noise in the DC area. Yes indeed! The helmet makes a good substratum for the tinfoil. -- z e l d a b e e @ p a n i x . c o m http://NewsReader.Com/ Honest, never intended to contribute to a helmet-flame thread... |
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:16:39 GMT, Jasper Janssen
wrote: How many childrens lives would be saved if all speed limits were lowered by 10 mph? Accident rates would go up, not down. Unless you believe the research evidence, of course. Injury and fatality rates would still fall even if accident rates rose, though. Guy === ** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. http://www.chapmancentral.com Advance notice: ADSL service in process of transfer to a new ISP. Obviously there will be a week of downtime between the engineer removing the BT service and the same engineer connecting the same equipment on the same line in the same exchange and billing it to the new ISP. |
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Any helmet laws successfully overturned?
"Rich Clark" wrote in message ... ... they will choose their desired result (I want to drive, I don't want to cycle) and then choose whatever evidence supports it and ignore the rest. Bingo! That simply and distinctly describes the entire helmet-law issue (as well as many other life issues). |
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