A Cycle Helmet saved this lady's life.

I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item of evidence that
finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet definitely saved this lady's life.

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Steve.

Steve R. wrote:
I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item of
evidence that finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet definitely
saved this lady's life.

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Steve.

You forgot to add the tongue in cheek emoticon to your post

Tony

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Steve R. wrote:
I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item of
evidence that finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet
definitely
saved this lady's life.

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Steve.

You forgot to add the tongue in cheek emoticon to your post

Tony



I hope it was done in a sarcastic manner. Otherwise I'm going to buy a big
f'ing lorry and see whether his helmet saves him from my experiment.

In article ,
says...
I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item of evidence that
finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet definitely saved this lady's life.

There are plenty of tedious helmet threads full of polemic,
anecdotes and urban myths; you could have posted this to one of
them. There was no need to start yet another tedious helmet
thread.

Juliette, with apologies if you really did forget to add the
tongue in cheek emoticon
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:54:50 GMT, in
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I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item of evidence that
finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet definitely saved this lady's life.

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Maybe it's because it fell off on impact - those straps look very
badly adjusted to me (unless her ears are under her chin).

Rich x

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Juliette wrote in message ...
There are plenty of tedious helmet threads.

They only become *threads* if people find them interesting and reply to the very
first post, so by definition they can't be tedious.

If they weren't interesting nobody would reply :~)

I love my cycle-helmet even though it's been bashed about a bit. I suppose I really
ought to change it as it's seven years old now.

Steve.

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I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item of
evidence that
finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet definitely saved this
lady's life.

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Dear oh dear.
I won't argue against wearing them ( I do nearly all the time) but before
being able to state it saved her life you would have to prove she would have
died without it.


Pete

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:20:40 +0000 (UTC), in
, "Peter B"
wrote:


"Steve R." wrote in message
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I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item of
evidence that
finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet definitely saved this
lady's life.

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Dear oh dear.
I won't argue against wearing them ( I do nearly all the time) but before
being able to state it saved her life you would have to prove she would have
died without it.

It was yellow and therefore more visible to the cars behind which were
now available to avoid running her over.

It therefore MUST have saved her life ;-)

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"Peter B" wrote in message
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Dear oh dear.
I won't argue against wearing them ( I do nearly all the time) but before
being able to state it saved her life you would have to prove she would
have
died without it.


Well as someone who knows what it feels like to hit the ground unconscious
after a collision, I can categorically say a helmet would have saved my
life, if I had been wearing one ;o)

"Steve R." writes:

I know there's still some doubters amongst you, but this is one item
of evidence that finally ought to convince you that a cycle helmet
definitely saved this lady's life.

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Look, this is silly (yes, I know I'm going to be shot down by my
better half for even posting to this thread).

This person fell off in a one vehicle accident while negotiating a
right hand junction on urban roads. In other words, she was cycling at
relatively low speed. She hit the road, not another moving vehicle,
and she wasn't thrown forcefully onto the road, she just fell. People
do not die in such accidents. People do not even get concussion in
such accidents. People get minor cuts, grazes and scrapes. Yes, the
bike helmet was destroyed. It was destroyed because they are not very
strong. Yes, it probably did save her from a minor bruise on her
temple. It did not save her life and it didn't even save her from
serious injury, because she wasn't in any danger of serious injury in
the first place.

I've fallen off onto tarmac twice in my life, both on sharp bends on
steep downhills when I was going fast. On one occasion, I needed a
couple of stitches in the ball of my thumb because I fell on broken
glass. In the other, at much higher speed (about 35 mph), I was
completely uninjured. I've also fallen off onto rocky or gravel
surfaces when mountain biking far more times than I can possibly
remember - certainly hundreds. The worst injury I've ever had was a
grazed knee. Needless to say I wasn't wearing a helmet on any of these
occasions.

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