Originally Posted by
rydabent
A great point is being made here. All of the wonderful "studies" DO NOT include crashes that are never reported. IMO they are probably a huge majority. Helmets did their job, and no big fuss was made about the accident.
I have absolutely no doubt that the overwhelming majority of bicycle accidents go "unreported". I also have no doubt that that has always been the case, though. Trying to attribute it to helmet use is incredibly inane.