Originally Posted by Six jours

I've seen studies that show pretty much anything that can be imagined - "Lies, damned lies, and statistics". Now, as always, I don't doubt that cycling with a helmet is safer than cycling without one. But a two-in-a-million chance of dying is twice as bad as a one-in-a-million chance, which is pretty much the point the helmeteers are trying to make, without admitting to the big picture.

Originally Posted by John C. Ratliff

You also need to check your facts. In Florida, the odds of dying while bicycling is more like 1 in 4,900. In Germany, the odds are about 1 in 92,000. In the UK, it again is about 1 in 4900. Also, the odds of dying while bicycling in the USA apparently is 3-5 times that of Europe.

Why?