Originally Posted by
rydabent
Go to the thread "Ms Hall did not observe any traffic. Note what I have been saying many times. In the article it is stated that the cyclist was wearing a helmet. You can bet your bottom dollar that if he haddnt been wearing a helmet, the girls lawyer would state that the cyclist contributed to his own injury. Like helmets or not, ALWAYS in accidents like this it is stated wether the cyclist was wearing a helmet. So---------------for your legal protection wear a helmet.
Hmmm------it looks like the anti helmet usual suspects want to ignore this fact. The bad thing about it is that when the press always reports if the cyclist victim was wearing a helmet, it gives the driving public at large the idea they cyclist have a death wish, which in my case is totally false.