This article is far too long and rambling. Worse, the article washes out the scientific understanding of bicycle helmets with a lot of biased skepticism. (Even though it's skepticism with a ton of citations.) What this page has done to bicycle helmets is what creationists would like to do to the page on evolution.


I know that people will want specifics, so here are some of the problems. The worst problem is that the page simply wastes thousands of words on the "debate". This makes an impression on the reader that there is an enormous debate among experts as to whether or not helmets are worthwhile. In fact, bicycle helmets are a normal topic in medical research. It's a topic that deserves more research, but the scientists who do this research are not in fact mired in arguments. Some of the key quotes in the article suggest that the real quarrel is between bicycling associations and the medical community.


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