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by Barrybiker
Fri, Feb 27, 2015 09:29
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Helmets Yes or No?

Last year on 17 th July I was struck by a 4/4 driver who apparently "didn,t see me" I suffered life changing injuries,almost complete severance of my right arm ,broken ribs,concussion and a brain bleed,if I hadn,t been wearing a decent lid I don,t think I,d be here so my point is it might not be your fault when or if you get hit,but that lid WILL save you.

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Barrybiker replied to crikey | 10 years ago
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Pillock I,m not Pillock YOU are.

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ianrobo | 10 years ago
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I wear mine out of choice, I have no problem with wearing one.

Would I make them compulsory, probably not but would advise people to wear one.

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HarryTrauts | 10 years ago
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+1 for wearing helmets.

I can't see any disadvantage to putting something relatively light on my head. I do appreciate that everyone has a choice.

The two serious accidents I've had in 25 years of riding both saw me bashing my head on the ground but no damage to my scull or brain (I've been tested so I'm sticking to that) as I was wearing a helmet.

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Paul_C | 10 years ago
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what will really save you is NOT being hit in the first place...

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teaboy | 10 years ago
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No, it "might" save you. It didn't save you from almost complete severance of your right arm, broken ribs, concussion, a brain bleed and, most importantly, being hit in the first place.

A suit of armour may have been better for injury reduction in a collision, but proper cycle infrastructure WILL save you from the collision in the first place.

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Judge dreadful | 10 years ago
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I'm pro lid wearing. I think nothing of spending 3 or 4 hundred quid on cycle helmets. That's my choice. I also really don't mind if others choose not to wear a helmet, they aren't forced to by law (yet), that's their choice.

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Paul J replied to Judge dreadful | 8 years ago
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Judge dreadful wrote:

I'm pro lid wearing. I think nothing of spending 3 or 4 hundred quid on cycle helmets. That's my choice. I also really don't mind if others choose not to wear a helmet, they aren't forced to by law (yet), that's their choice.

And it's that ominous "yet" in your comment that makes many others so vociferous about turning helmet debates away from the "I had a crash, my helmet broke, my head didn't, so they must be good!" type anecdotes towards statistically more sound facts:

- Helmet laws have not lead to increased cyclist safety in any country that has these implemented them - indeed, there is has been *decrease* in safety on some measures in the likes of NZ.

- Helmets laws reduce the number of people who cycle, and are particularly discouraging to casual, about town use.

- The countries with the *safest* cycling and with *mass* cycling, do NOT have helmet laws and indeed have negligible rates of helmet use. So it is *irrefutably clear* that helmets are *not* required for safe, mass cycling.

- population wide, the health benefits of cycling greatly outweigh any risks of cycling - with or without helmets. Therefore, any measure that discourages cycling will be *bad for public health*.

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