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Came across a very interesting review by a Barrister and Law Lecturer at
the LSE on the status of cycle helmets in the UK Courts. An interesting read especially some of his comments about Martlew and B****. http://www.cyclistsdefencefund.org.u.../fullbrook.pdf -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci |
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Tony Raven wrote:
Sig... "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci I'll take that quote very seriously, given who said it ;-) BugBear |
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Tony Raven wrote:
An interesting read Indeed. I particularly like the bit where it says that of the 28,000 head injuries suffered by children every year, only 1,200 are related to cycling. However, to say that newspaper reports of the 28,000 all being cycling-related are "heavily criticised as sensationalist" is putting it rather too mildly - "heavily criticised as outright lies" would seem more appropriate. Likewise, "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a large exaggeration" might be better worded as "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a bare-faced lie". A few more interesting quotes for the benefit of anyone who doesn't have time to read through all 36(!) pages: "An automated response that the absence of a cycle helmet might be a causative factor ignores reality on the roads." "In the vast majority of road collisions world-wide the literature notes that 'driver error' is the key component." "The pro-helmet campaigners are much too simplistic when they assert that 'research has shown that wearing a good-quality cycle helmet is proved to reduce deaths from head injury'; the research does not show that by any means. The correlation is by no means automatic." "In Great Britain, six times more pedestrians and eighteen times more motor vehicle occupants suffer lethal head injuries than cyclists. Children are 2.6 times more likely to suffer head injury through jumping and falling than by cycling, and more than 99 per cent of head injuries seen by UK hospitals do not involve road cyclists. It would therefore seem logical that helmets for motorists would be rather more effective than those for cyclists ... The potential of car driver helmets for reducing injury is 17 times greater than that of cycle helmets." "The simplistic mantra that absence of a cycle helmet equals culpability in the civil courts is wholly unacceptable." "What is clear is that there are many cycle injuries which cannot possibly be ascribed to use or non-use of a cycle helmet. These are likely to be the vast majority coming before the civil courts." |
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davek wrote:
However, to say that newspaper reports of the 28,000 all being cycling-related are "heavily criticised as sensationalist" is putting it rather too mildly - "heavily criticised as outright lies" would seem more appropriate. Likewise, "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a large exaggeration" might be better worded as "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a bare-faced lie". I gather it was published in a Law journal which I am tracking down but as such one has to take a dispassionate tone as an author however justified your proposed revisions may be. Look at Curnow on TRT for example. -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci |
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Tony Raven wrote: davek wrote: However, to say that newspaper reports of the 28,000 all being cycling-related are "heavily criticised as sensationalist" is putting it rather too mildly - "heavily criticised as outright lies" would seem more appropriate. Likewise, "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a large exaggeration" might be better worded as "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a bare-faced lie". I gather it was published in a Law journal which I am tracking down but as such one has to take a dispassionate tone as an author however justified your proposed revisions may be. Look at Curnow on TRT for example. Which one? I can't find it in Hein. ...d |
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Tony Raven wrote:
I gather it was published in a Law journal which I am tracking down but as such one has to take a dispassionate tone as an author however justified your proposed revisions may be. Fortunately, usenet is /not/ a law journal... ;-) d. |
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David Martin wrote:
Tony Raven wrote: davek wrote: However, to say that newspaper reports of the 28,000 all being cycling-related are "heavily criticised as sensationalist" is putting it rather too mildly - "heavily criticised as outright lies" would seem more appropriate. Likewise, "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a large exaggeration" might be better worded as "the statistic that cycle helmets prevent 85 per cent of head injuries has been shown to be a bare-faced lie". I gather it was published in a Law journal which I am tracking down but as such one has to take a dispassionate tone as an author however justified your proposed revisions may be. Look at Curnow on TRT for example. Which one? I can't find it in Hein. ...d Fulbrook, Julian. 'Cycle helmets and contributory negligence.' Journal of personal injury law 2004, no. 3 (2004), pp. 171-191. for the first and Curnow, W.J., 2005. The Cochrane Collaboration and bicycle helmets. Accid. Anal. Prev. 37 (3) 569-574. -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci |
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Tony Raven wrote:
Came across a very interesting review by a Barrister and Law Lecturer at the LSE on the status of cycle helmets in the UK Courts. An interesting read especially some of his comments about Martlew and B****. http://www.cyclistsdefencefund.org.u.../fullbrook.pdf That took a while to read, but oddly worth it in the end! Common sense seems to be prevailing... |
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On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:52:24 +0100, Tony Raven wrote:
Came across a very interesting review by a Barrister and Law Lecturer at the LSE on the status of cycle helmets in the UK Courts. An interesting read especially some of his comments about Martlew and B****. http://www.cyclistsdefencefund.org.u.../fullbrook.pdf Very interesting. For those who don't want to read the whole thing there's a shorter article on the same subject at http://www.cyclistsdefencefund.org.uk/helmets.php Mike |
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"Pete White" wrote in message ... Tony Raven wrote: Came across a very interesting review by a Barrister and Law Lecturer at the LSE on the status of cycle helmets in the UK Courts. An interesting read especially some of his comments about Martlew and B****. http://www.cyclistsdefencefund.org.u.../fullbrook.pdf That took a while to read, but oddly worth it in the end! Common sense seems to be prevailing... You'd be surprised how twisted "common sense" can become - some pro-helmet zealots claim it as their reason for wearing and promoting helmets. |
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