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Old 01-29-10 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Kojak
I'm unconvinced when someone compares the statistics and mortality rates...

I also agree that any statistics about whether it's safer to ride while wearing a helmet vs. not, would likely be misleading...

My example/argument showed a specific result of a cycling injury of someone who wasn't wearing a helmet, and by their own admission wishes that they had. Is it statistically relevant? no...
you could read up a bit from a neutral source of info such as wiki's bicycle helmet page.

Contributions come from all sides of the debate and there are over 100 sources of reference papers to back up the contributions.
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