CarinusMalmari

There's another common category of "a helmet saved my life" stories that features 3 element, namely, a) a minor bicycle accident, b) absence of any serious injuries and c) a bicycle helmet that failed spectacularly. These stories are another hint that bicycle helmets probably won't do a lot for you, since they show helmets often already fail in minor accidents. But somehow the helmet crowd almost invariably concludes that the busted helmet is definitive proof that the helmet saved them from (a fate worse than) death. This way of thinking also hysterically over-hypes the dangers of cycling accidents and, by extension, cycling.