Originally Posted by
Six jours
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
It probably isn't at all. There are many riders not using helmets who do really unsafe things (it's not of them and it may not even be most of them).
This is BS. You have no basis for "many riders" at all.
You really think it's not "many"? (I'm not claiming "most".) There is a large number of people who ride without a helmet. Even if a small percentage of them ride "unsafely", it's still "many".
Originally Posted by
Six jours
Short version:
Who is safer - the cyclist who understands his vulnerability on the bike, or the cyclist who thinks his magic hat makes him "safe"?
This is a false dichotomy.
There's no indication that people wearing helmets ride more unsafely at a higher proportion of the population than people who don't wear them.
There clearly are "many" people not wearing helmets who think they are "invulnerable".
Originally Posted by
Six jours
As far as I've seen the helmet wearers are the ones falling off their bikes on a regular basis.
You see people falling off there bikes on a regular basis? Really?
Originally Posted by
Six jours
This is a silly statement.
Ad hominem.
This thread (and its prior versions) have numerous examples of "anti helmet" people. Your claim that they do not exists
doesn't make any sense based on your participation here! If it's not a fault of recollection, it's a fault of observation (it's not a fault of lack of data).