Originally Posted by
josephjhaney
Because in a car there is an airbag and a seatbelt protecting me from the road, and other cars, not to mention the windshield, etc. On a bicycle, there is no such protection, and often times I'm traveling at 3/4 the speed I see in a car on the same road. Now, stay with me here, you want to say you're not comparing cycling and driving, yet here you are, using statistics from the two that do not take into account the percentage of the population that does both. And you are making assumptions about my intelligence? Can I further state using your same argument, that highwire walking is completely safe, since it doesn't even make the list? Don't try to tell me it has something to do with the fact that a very very small number of people walk on a highwire, because you have already suggested that plays no part in your argument.
Joe
My gawd, can't you read? DESPITE the seatbelts and air bags, automobile accidents still account for 20% of TBI....yet you turn right around and say that you have airbags and seat belts to protect you. Then you even mention the windshield as protection....at the same time as so many cyclists claim a helmet saved them from bad injury after impacting with....wait for it...WINDSHIELDS!
You also continue to insist that I am making some kind of an argument...I am not...just trying to get a straight answer to a straight question....but for some reason you feel the need to turn it into an argument. Geesh, with a head that thick, you probably don't need a helmet.
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