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Old 11-15-11, 11:58 AM
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Decided to take another look at the cycling safety course that was part of the MHL and I'm not sure you can blame too many if their young, impressionable minds were exposed to bent rhetoric.

Before there was a lot of good instruction there is the lead page that says,

helmets save lives...In over half of all bicycle incidents, the cyclist’s head hits a hard surface. Such crashes often cause brain or skull damage...
Couple this with the claim on the "Fact List" presented in bold type that says,

Wearing a bike helmet reduces the risk of head injury by up to 85 per cent, and the risk of brain injury by 88 per cent.
and you can't help but think that an entire generation believes wearing a helmet is probably the most important thing about cycling safety.

After all, even if you do everything right and still crash, the helmet is most likely going to eliminate a head injury and save your life.

Those kids taught this course would now be in their 20's and most likely will be passing on what they "learned" to their own kids (and probably others as well)
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