Originally Posted by
John C. Ratliff
Originally Posted by
howsteepisit
John, what is the incidence of those falls in which a hemet my be beneficial? Such a incidents per cyclist miles, or chance per ride, or any other measure you can find. If the incidence is sufficiently low, the the cost per averted injury os prohibitive or unreasonable.
Howsteepisit has asked the exactly correct question. Mr. Ratliff insists on placing the cart before the horse.
In any respectable Risk Management Program, the various potential hazards are considered and evaluated for their relative risk, be it financial or safety related, BEFORE various controls are considered. When hazards are evaluated as having an insignificant risk value (probability of event x likely severity of event,) seldom are controls considered necessary or even desirable. This is especially true where controls with negative effects on the desired activity /or with debatable capability in reducing the risk value, especially a hazard evaluated as having an already very low risk value.