Originally Posted by
JeffOYB
Don't all the helmet ideas also apply to wearing a helmet while doing any activity?
Evidently not. From what I gather here, all of these ideas and reasoning apply only to cycling and, for some, apply to a few extreme sports but not to physical activities in general.
Why worry about the odds? If everyone wore helmets all the time we would surely prevent many thousands of injuries annually and save billions. Who cares what the activity is. The "better safe than sorry" logic shouldn't be used with an activity bias. I mean, let each sport decide for itself and each person. But in general if you want to save money and reduce injury, encourage everyone to wear one at all times.
To be honest, most people at a fundamental level don't really accept the odds as a relevant factor, and I've seen where even those who do and who understand some of the mathematics often don't understand the relationship of statistics and probability (rejecting that there IS a relationship). It's apparently not a handicap in general, if they have otherwise good judgment, but it renders logical probability-based arguments ineffective for them in my experience.