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published helmet research - not troll
patrick wrote:
I know, I know. this has been hashed to hell and back, but I figured some of you might actually want to read real research. There has been plenty of "real research" cited on this topic. For example, you might visit http://www.cyclehelmets.org and track down some of the cited articles. Regarding the effect of helmet use on fatalities, you can visit http://www.cyclehelmets.org/mf.html#1012 and see citations at the page bottom. Another source is the Vehicular Cyclist site, at http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc/ with it's "Helmet FAQ." There are lots of citations listed there, too. Both of those are helmet skeptic sites. To be fair, I must also point you to the rabidly pro-helmet "Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute", www.bhsi.org This "institute" (named Randy Swart) is working to make it illegal for anyone of any age to ride a bike at any time without a helmet. I quote: "The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute supports carefully drawn mandatory helmet laws covering all age groups." Be aware that there is _very_ serious discussion taking place in many scholarly publications regarding the effectiveness of helmets. In general, we seem to have the public (under the influence of heavy promotion) believing that helmets are a godsend. Meanwhile, competent statisticians who examine the actual data are much, much more skeptical of both the supposed benefit, and the supposed need. -- --------------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com, replace with cc.ysu dot edu] |
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