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Old 09-29-18 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by canuckjgc
Wow you must have a lot of natural protection of all your internal organs and femoral arteries if your skull is the most vulnerable part of your body. When a lifted pickup hits you, it doesn't aim for your styrofoam cap.
Here's a brain surgeon's view:
https://www.cnet.com/news/brain-surg...cycle-helmets/
From the article:
Worse, he pointed to research from the UK's University of Bath that said the mere presence of cyclists wearing helmets makes car drivers feel they are safer.
Ah, the The University of Bath study again. It was barely scientific, and has not been replicated. The author was his own test subject. Yet this "study" is uncritically cited in article after article.
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