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Negative impact of helmet laws
In article , Tom Crispin wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:09:06 +0100, Judith Smith wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:39:32 +0100, Tom Crispin wrote: At a whole population level, do you think that a manatory helmet law for cyclists would have a positive or negative effect on the health of the nation? I think Evidence indicates the opposite is true. Indeed - a recent paper estimates the negative health impact of a helmet law would cost the UK about $0.4 billion. (About 0.19 billion pounds, it's an Australian paper.) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...act_id=1368064 via http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/04/20/m...y-helmet-laws/ |
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