Originally Posted by
mconlonx
Low hanging fruit -- if head injuries are such a concern, get drivers and passengers of cars/SUVs/light trucks to wear helmets, since they form a majority by far of TBI sufferers, where those involved in motor vehicle accidents are concerned. .....
I just don't buy that it can be easily dismissed with "Well a car is a helmet."
It doesn't matter to me, since it's not my argument (on either side). An individual decision whether to wear a helmet or not is a personal choice made (hopefully) in the context of a risk assessment and expected reduction from the helmet. These are their own considerations and side issues of how many die in cars aren't relevant to that narrow context.
The comparative risk, social cost, and related arguments are only relevant in the context of regulated helmet use, and I'll cross that bridge if/when I come to it.
It's said that the helmet debate is like religion, and in many ways it is. For me, however, it's more like a debate between fundamentalists of different faiths, while I'm an atheist observing from the sidelines, and living in a country with religious freedom.