The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute says two-thirds of bicyclist deaths are from brain injuries. And while some riders worry that helmets will be useless in a high-speed collision, experts say that most brushes with the pavement do not happen at a very high speed. Helmets are designed to deal with the average impact exceptionally well.
i count three reasons this paragraph never should've gone to print.
then again, i'm yet to find a city paper that isn't roughly on par with high school publications...