Originally Posted by
achoo
If relatively flimsy plastic helmets can help prevent head injuries from hockey pucks going 100+ MPH, what magic transforms similar helmets into uselessness once one climbs on a bike?
Go look up some data on head injuries in sport that require helmets. It might be enlightening.
Originally Posted by
achoo
And that's assuming one agrees with labelling expanded polystyrene foam helmets as "flimsy". It wouldn't surprise me if people have flown in aircraft constructed from polystyrene foam - it really can be that strong. There's a reason why it's used as padding in top-end baby seats for cars, where it has to protect babies and children in high-speed automobile-on-automobile collisions.
And the number one cause of death for young children is...automobile collisions. Maybe the children would have been better off wearing bicycle helmets than sitting in car seats.