This type of site makes me VERY angry.
Know The Facts
Sure, let's take the facts and misconstrue to make it look like helmets are the best things since sliced bread.
- 16% (an estimated 8,000) of those injured were 14 years old or younger.
- 80% of accidents occur in daylight.
- Nearly 75% of all fatal bicycle crashes involve head injuries and no more than 17% of those fatally injured were wearing helmets
- In 2009 it was estimated that 9 in 10 bicyclists killed were not wearing helmets.
- Despite these facts, only 20-25% of all bicyclists wear bicycle helmets.
Well let's see. Let's assume the worst and assume that 20% of people are wearing helmets. Then, from their own facts, 17% of cycling deaths were from people wearing helmets. Those two numbers are pretty much the same, which would mean that helmets do nothing, but that's exactly opposite what the site is saying. It's fear mongering, and very annoying.
I'm not annoyed that it's saying helmets are good. Obviously my bias lies toward not wearing a helmet. I'm annoyed because of their blatant misconstruing of the facts to suit their own purposes. But hey, that's statistics for you hu?
"80% of accidents occur during the day." No crap Sherlock. Most people ride during the day. How about telling us something useful like accidents/number of bikers... Absolute horse crap that site is.