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Old January 17th 11, 05:33 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
Judith[_4_]
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the Wessex
Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly support this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.

Accident victims on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey who sustain
serious head or spinal injuries are transferred to Southampton for
emergency treatment. As a result, I see first-hand the effects such
injuries have on both the patient and their loved ones.

The vast majority of the patients here are not speeding motorcyclists;
they are normal individuals who were doing normal day-to-day
activities when they were injured. It makes sense, therefore, that we
protect ourselves as best we can from the risk of sustaining a
life-changing brain injury.

Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain. You would not
consider carrying your laptop outside without putting it inside a
case. If every cyclist wore a helmet, the number killed or seriously
injured each year would be reduced. Prevention is far cheaper than
treatment.

It costs society around £25,000 for an individual to be transferred to
Southampton, operated on, treated in our intensive care unit and then
cared for on our wards. If you consider the costs of rehabilitation
plus loss of income from the individual and often their immediate
family, the figure can run into many millions of pounds. In contrast,
a decent cycle helmet will cost less than £40.

As a society, we have a duty to protect individuals – in particular
children – from unnecessary risk.

Actions such as not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, not
wearing a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and even
smoking in public are now seen as being socially irresponsible.

It is time that not wearing a helmet while cycling is seen in the same
light.
Cycle helmets save lives and must be made compulsory.
Wessex Neurological Centre, University of Southampton.

Article posted on 15th January, 2010 - 2.59pm

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Old January 17th 11, 05:51 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
bugbear
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.


Pick a doctor - any doctor!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...h1?INTCMP=SRCH

BugBear
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Old January 17th 11, 06:43 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

On Jan 17, 4:33*pm, Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the Wessex
Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly support this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.

Accident victims on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey who sustain
serious head or spinal injuries are transferred to Southampton for
emergency treatment. As a result, I see first-hand the effects such
injuries have on both the patient and their loved ones.

The vast majority of the patients here are not speeding motorcyclists;
they are normal individuals who were doing normal day-to-day
activities when they were injured. It makes sense, therefore, that we
protect ourselves as best we can from the risk of sustaining a
life-changing brain injury.

Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain. You would not
consider carrying your laptop outside without putting it inside a
case. If every cyclist wore a helmet, the number killed or seriously
injured each year would be reduced. Prevention is far cheaper than
treatment.

It costs society around £25,000 for an individual to be transferred to
Southampton, operated on, treated in our intensive care unit and then
cared for on our wards. If you consider the costs of rehabilitation
plus loss of income from the individual and often their immediate
family, the figure can run into many millions of pounds. In contrast,
a decent cycle helmet will cost less than £40.

As a society, we have a duty to protect individuals – in particular
children – from unnecessary risk.

Actions such as not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, not
wearing a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and even
smoking in public are now seen as being socially irresponsible.

It is time that not wearing a helmet while cycling is seen in the same
light.
Cycle helmets save lives and must be made compulsory.
Wessex Neurological Centre, University of Southampton.

Article posted on 15th January, 2010 - 2.59pm

Read mohttp://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/01/...ve-lives-and-m...


Bull****. Cycle helmets weren't invented when I was a youngster and
did all my cycling then. Neither me or my friends suffered and brain
damage and we dont need legislation to make us fork out for useless
crap like a helmet.
If you want legislation enforced for cyclists then I suggest that you
start campaigning for them to stop running through red lights,
overtaking on the inside of lanes, etc.
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Old January 17th 11, 07:37 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
Judith[_4_]
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:51:21 +0000, bugbear
wrote:

Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.


Pick a doctor - any doctor!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...h1?INTCMP=SRCH

BugBear

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Hello Bugbear - I juts love the way that you have to comment on my every post.

I really do appreciate it.
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Old January 17th 11, 08:17 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

McKevvy wrote:
On Jan 17, 4:33 pm, Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the
Wessex Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly support
this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.

Accident victims on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey who sustain
serious head or spinal injuries are transferred to Southampton for
emergency treatment. As a result, I see first-hand the effects such
injuries have on both the patient and their loved ones.

The vast majority of the patients here are not speeding
motorcyclists;
they are normal individuals who were doing normal day-to-day
activities when they were injured. It makes sense, therefore, that we
protect ourselves as best we can from the risk of sustaining a
life-changing brain injury.

Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain. You would not
consider carrying your laptop outside without putting it inside a
case. If every cyclist wore a helmet, the number killed or seriously
injured each year would be reduced. Prevention is far cheaper than
treatment.

It costs society around £25,000 for an individual to be transferred
to Southampton, operated on, treated in our intensive care unit and
then
cared for on our wards. If you consider the costs of rehabilitation
plus loss of income from the individual and often their immediate
family, the figure can run into many millions of pounds. In contrast,
a decent cycle helmet will cost less than £40.

As a society, we have a duty to protect individuals – in particular
children – from unnecessary risk.

Actions such as not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, not
wearing a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and even
smoking in public are now seen as being socially irresponsible.

It is time that not wearing a helmet while cycling is seen in the
same
light.
Cycle helmets save lives and must be made compulsory.
Wessex Neurological Centre, University of Southampton.

Article posted on 15th January, 2010 - 2.59pm

Read
mohttp://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/01/...ve-lives-and-m...


Bull****. Cycle helmets weren't invented when I was a youngster and
did all my cycling then. Neither me or my friends suffered and brain
damage and we dont need legislation to make us fork out for useless
crap like a helmet.


That's brilliant. I've been driving for 46 years and never suffered any
accident related injuries at all. So we might as well tell car manufacturers
to abandon the fitment of seat belts and air bags and ESP and ABS. They're
all crap and totally unnecessary - just like cycle helmets eh? I mean, if
my friends and I have never had an accident and been injured, that just
*must* mean all these safety devices are a waste of time mustn't it???

--
Kev

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Old January 17th 11, 08:32 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
Clive George
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

On 17/01/2011 19:17, Ret. wrote:
McKevvy wrote:
On Jan 17, 4:33 pm, Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the
Wessex Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly support
this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.

Accident victims on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey who sustain
serious head or spinal injuries are transferred to Southampton for
emergency treatment. As a result, I see first-hand the effects such
injuries have on both the patient and their loved ones.

The vast majority of the patients here are not speeding
motorcyclists;
they are normal individuals who were doing normal day-to-day
activities when they were injured. It makes sense, therefore, that we
protect ourselves as best we can from the risk of sustaining a
life-changing brain injury.

Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain. You would not
consider carrying your laptop outside without putting it inside a
case. If every cyclist wore a helmet, the number killed or seriously
injured each year would be reduced. Prevention is far cheaper than
treatment.

It costs society around £25,000 for an individual to be transferred
to Southampton, operated on, treated in our intensive care unit and
then
cared for on our wards. If you consider the costs of rehabilitation
plus loss of income from the individual and often their immediate
family, the figure can run into many millions of pounds. In contrast,
a decent cycle helmet will cost less than £40.

As a society, we have a duty to protect individuals – in particular
children – from unnecessary risk.

Actions such as not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, not
wearing a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and even
smoking in public are now seen as being socially irresponsible.

It is time that not wearing a helmet while cycling is seen in the
same
light.
Cycle helmets save lives and must be made compulsory.
Wessex Neurological Centre, University of Southampton.

Article posted on 15th January, 2010 - 2.59pm

Read
mohttp://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/01/...ve-lives-and-m...


Bull****. Cycle helmets weren't invented when I was a youngster and
did all my cycling then. Neither me or my friends suffered and brain
damage and we dont need legislation to make us fork out for useless
crap like a helmet.


That's brilliant. I've been driving for 46 years and never suffered any
accident related injuries at all. So we might as well tell car
manufacturers to abandon the fitment of seat belts and air bags and ESP
and ABS. They're all crap and totally unnecessary - just like cycle
helmets eh? I mean, if my friends and I have never had an accident and
been injured, that just *must* mean all these safety devices are a waste
of time mustn't it???


Like premium and winter tyres? They're developed to improve your safety,
but you refuse to fit them because you say you've never had an accident,
which means they're a waste of time.

Any chance you could be less hypocritical?
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Old January 17th 11, 08:56 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
Ret.[_3_]
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

Clive George wrote:
On 17/01/2011 19:17, Ret. wrote:
McKevvy wrote:
On Jan 17, 4:33 pm, Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the
Wessex Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly support
this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.

Accident victims on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey who sustain
serious head or spinal injuries are transferred to Southampton for
emergency treatment. As a result, I see first-hand the effects such
injuries have on both the patient and their loved ones.

The vast majority of the patients here are not speeding
motorcyclists;
they are normal individuals who were doing normal day-to-day
activities when they were injured. It makes sense, therefore, that
we protect ourselves as best we can from the risk of sustaining a
life-changing brain injury.

Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain. You would not
consider carrying your laptop outside without putting it inside a
case. If every cyclist wore a helmet, the number killed or
seriously injured each year would be reduced. Prevention is far
cheaper than treatment.

It costs society around £25,000 for an individual to be transferred
to Southampton, operated on, treated in our intensive care unit and
then
cared for on our wards. If you consider the costs of rehabilitation
plus loss of income from the individual and often their immediate
family, the figure can run into many millions of pounds. In
contrast, a decent cycle helmet will cost less than £40.

As a society, we have a duty to protect individuals – in particular
children – from unnecessary risk.

Actions such as not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, not
wearing a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and even
smoking in public are now seen as being socially irresponsible.

It is time that not wearing a helmet while cycling is seen in the
same
light.
Cycle helmets save lives and must be made compulsory.
Wessex Neurological Centre, University of Southampton.

Article posted on 15th January, 2010 - 2.59pm

Read
mohttp://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/01/...ve-lives-and-m...


Bull****. Cycle helmets weren't invented when I was a youngster and
did all my cycling then. Neither me or my friends suffered and brain
damage and we dont need legislation to make us fork out for useless
crap like a helmet.


That's brilliant. I've been driving for 46 years and never suffered
any accident related injuries at all. So we might as well tell car
manufacturers to abandon the fitment of seat belts and air bags and
ESP and ABS. They're all crap and totally unnecessary - just like
cycle helmets eh? I mean, if my friends and I have never had an
accident and been injured, that just *must* mean all these safety
devices are a waste of time mustn't it???


Like premium and winter tyres? They're developed to improve your
safety, but you refuse to fit them because you say you've never had
an accident, which means they're a waste of time.

Any chance you could be less hypocritical?


I don't believe so. If you can produce *any* evidence that mid price tyres
are involved in proportionately more accidents than premium tyres, I may be
prepared to accept your argument. I don't believe that you can.

--
Kev

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Old January 17th 11, 08:58 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
Clive George
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

On 17/01/2011 19:56, Ret. wrote:
Clive George wrote:
On 17/01/2011 19:17, Ret. wrote:
McKevvy wrote:
On Jan 17, 4:33 pm, Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the
Wessex Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly support
this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.

Accident victims on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey who sustain
serious head or spinal injuries are transferred to Southampton for
emergency treatment. As a result, I see first-hand the effects such
injuries have on both the patient and their loved ones.

The vast majority of the patients here are not speeding
motorcyclists;
they are normal individuals who were doing normal day-to-day
activities when they were injured. It makes sense, therefore, that
we protect ourselves as best we can from the risk of sustaining a
life-changing brain injury.

Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain. You would not
consider carrying your laptop outside without putting it inside a
case. If every cyclist wore a helmet, the number killed or
seriously injured each year would be reduced. Prevention is far
cheaper than treatment.

It costs society around £25,000 for an individual to be transferred
to Southampton, operated on, treated in our intensive care unit and
then
cared for on our wards. If you consider the costs of rehabilitation
plus loss of income from the individual and often their immediate
family, the figure can run into many millions of pounds. In
contrast, a decent cycle helmet will cost less than £40.

As a society, we have a duty to protect individuals – in particular
children – from unnecessary risk.

Actions such as not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle, not
wearing a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and even
smoking in public are now seen as being socially irresponsible.

It is time that not wearing a helmet while cycling is seen in the
same
light.
Cycle helmets save lives and must be made compulsory.
Wessex Neurological Centre, University of Southampton.

Article posted on 15th January, 2010 - 2.59pm

Read
mohttp://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/01/...ve-lives-and-m...



Bull****. Cycle helmets weren't invented when I was a youngster and
did all my cycling then. Neither me or my friends suffered and brain
damage and we dont need legislation to make us fork out for useless
crap like a helmet.

That's brilliant. I've been driving for 46 years and never suffered
any accident related injuries at all. So we might as well tell car
manufacturers to abandon the fitment of seat belts and air bags and
ESP and ABS. They're all crap and totally unnecessary - just like
cycle helmets eh? I mean, if my friends and I have never had an
accident and been injured, that just *must* mean all these safety
devices are a waste of time mustn't it???


Like premium and winter tyres? They're developed to improve your
safety, but you refuse to fit them because you say you've never had
an accident, which means they're a waste of time.

Any chance you could be less hypocritical?


I don't believe so. If you can produce *any* evidence that mid price
tyres are involved in proportionately more accidents than premium tyres,
I may be prepared to accept your argument. I don't believe that you can.


Can you produce similar evidence for cycle helmets?


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Old January 17th 11, 09:04 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
Shaun[_5_]
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:33:16 +0000, Judith
wrote:

From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the Wessex
Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly support this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.


The difference in risk from wearing or not wearing a cycle helmet is
less than the difference in risk between driving and public transport.

I bet the consultant car park is never empty because they've all
caught the bus.
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Old January 17th 11, 09:04 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.legal
Ret.[_3_]
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Default Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain.

Clive George wrote:
On 17/01/2011 19:56, Ret. wrote:
Clive George wrote:
On 17/01/2011 19:17, Ret. wrote:
McKevvy wrote:
On Jan 17, 4:33 pm, Judith wrote:
From Dr Andy Eynon.
I UNDERSTAND that a proposition is to be debated by the States
Assembly requiring cyclists to wear helmets.

As the director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at the
Wessex Neurological Centre in Southampton, I wholeheartedly
support this
proposal and would urge States Members to vote in favour.

Accident victims on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey who
sustain serious head or spinal injuries are transferred to
Southampton for emergency treatment. As a result, I see
first-hand the effects such injuries have on both the patient
and their loved ones. The vast majority of the patients here are not
speeding
motorcyclists;
they are normal individuals who were doing normal day-to-day
activities when they were injured. It makes sense, therefore,
that we protect ourselves as best we can from the risk of
sustaining a life-changing brain injury.

Cycle helmets offer vital protection to the brain. You would not
consider carrying your laptop outside without putting it inside a
case. If every cyclist wore a helmet, the number killed or
seriously injured each year would be reduced. Prevention is far
cheaper than treatment.

It costs society around £25,000 for an individual to be
transferred to Southampton, operated on, treated in our
intensive care unit and then
cared for on our wards. If you consider the costs of
rehabilitation plus loss of income from the individual and often
their immediate family, the figure can run into many millions of
pounds. In contrast, a decent cycle helmet will cost less than
£40. As a society, we have a duty to protect individuals – in
particular children – from unnecessary risk.

Actions such as not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle,
not wearing a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and
even smoking in public are now seen as being socially
irresponsible. It is time that not wearing a helmet while cycling is
seen in the
same
light.
Cycle helmets save lives and must be made compulsory.
Wessex Neurological Centre, University of Southampton.

Article posted on 15th January, 2010 - 2.59pm

Read
mohttp://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/01/...ve-lives-and-m...



Bull****. Cycle helmets weren't invented when I was a youngster
and did all my cycling then. Neither me or my friends suffered
and brain damage and we dont need legislation to make us fork out
for useless crap like a helmet.

That's brilliant. I've been driving for 46 years and never suffered
any accident related injuries at all. So we might as well tell car
manufacturers to abandon the fitment of seat belts and air bags and
ESP and ABS. They're all crap and totally unnecessary - just like
cycle helmets eh? I mean, if my friends and I have never had an
accident and been injured, that just *must* mean all these safety
devices are a waste of time mustn't it???

Like premium and winter tyres? They're developed to improve your
safety, but you refuse to fit them because you say you've never had
an accident, which means they're a waste of time.

Any chance you could be less hypocritical?


I don't believe so. If you can produce *any* evidence that mid price
tyres are involved in proportionately more accidents than premium
tyres, I may be prepared to accept your argument. I don't believe
that you can.


Can you produce similar evidence for cycle helmets?


I thought the original post did just that...

--
Kev

 




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