Originally Posted by
mconlonx
I believe that a new rider who takes a safety class will ride safer than a new rider who merely purchases and uses a helmet. But don't let that stop you from attributing to me things I never said. Seems to be something you are skilled at and like doing.
You said it
here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-s...l#post16324884
Originally Posted by mconlonx
Personal experience. And we offer a free safety course with the purchase of a new bike, but 99% of buyers don't follow through. They will spend money on a helmet, though.
(Yes, "no one" was an exaggeration.
Obviously, since a few people pay money for the LAB courses.)
And wearing a helmet doesn't really make people "ride safer" anyway (that isn't what they are supposed to do). And there isn't any reason one can't do both.
Originally Posted by
mconlonx
As is typical, it doesn't really address the point I was making, which is: despite your comment otherwise, this is a benefit over which people argue here.
No, people don't appear to argue it at all (it seems that people mostly agree they have that benfit).
What people are really arguing about is whether they have a benefit beyond that.
Many anti-helmeteers argue that bicyclists never really fall which makee the "minor cuts" benefit moot.