Originally Posted by
closetbiker
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't but what we do know is that it's extremely rare for a cyclist to suffer a serious injury or death from a simple fall, something you have said was likely to happen had you not worn your helmet.
The likelyhood that you would have suffered a serious injury in the circumstances you described would parallel the same chances of your receiving the same injury while on foot, that is to say, very rare indeed
You think loss of memory of getting home is not "serious" just because rider did not seek emergency services to classify it as such?!?
Six-shooter, this is typical of what I was pointing out previously, but just as the rider here can't really claim that their helmet saved them from more serious injury, the bare-head brigade can't say the helmet did not help in this particular situation. If they do, like some have in the past, they are as wrong as any helmeteer misstating the protective abilities of helmets.