Originally Posted by
DArthurBrown
My wife is a nurse in a neurological unit.
Oh. OK. Debate over then. If your wife says that helmets prevent serious head injuries then that's all we need to know. Don't know why this has been going on so long.
Originally Posted by
DArthurBrown
Accurate statistics are not kept about bike helmets preventing non-life threatening or non-debilitating injuries.
Well, why bother? I mean we can just make **** up that suits our pre-conceived notions, such as:
Originally Posted by
DArthurBrown
the degree of their injuries, the cost placed on both the rider and the general cost of healthcare, are definitely reduced by wearing a helmet. My brother's life was saved by a bike helmet, and many posters on here have similar stories.
Brilliant. Not just your wife, but also your brother. Case closed.
Originally Posted by
DArthurBrown
I also notice that the guys that seem determined not to wear a helmet for no practical reason are also the ones that worry most about how they look on a bike. Well, fellas, you look like idiots, or at the very least, people that look like their trying to get attention by not wearing a helmet. I get the same sense of annoyance in my gut when I see a cyclist speeding down the road without a helmet as I do when some redneck lays rubber with his 1992 Camaro. It reminds me idiots and arrogant turkeys are everywhere.
Arrogant turkey, idiot .. projection about people trying to get attention, class prejudice about Camaro drivers ... total ignorance of the Australian, NZ data. You're proof that some of the people riding bicycles are not very smart and not very nice.