Originally Posted by
CarinusMalmari
Actually, a lot of people on both sides of this discussion have more or less changed their opinion
How can you possibly know that? Did you conduct a poll, more or less? Let's see it.
The most successful cycling cultures come without helmets,
You are onto something... Every baboon I've seen riding a bike in a circus had a bare head.
There's no reason to believe bicycle helmets are of any importance to bicycle safety, and shouldn't be viewed as anything else than an additional thing you can do. That's not a belief, but a fact.
You like to flatter yourself thinking that whatever you claim is an indisputable fact, but you don't seem to know that facts are only as good as the evidence for them, and your "facts" always come without evidence, no quotations, no reference, no careful line of reasoning, zilch, nada.
Let me show you what a fact looks like: In 2009, 97% of cyclists killed in NYC by head injury did not wear a helmet. Other years' numbers are similar. I provided a link to the study earlier in this thread, take a look and learn at long last what a fact looks like.