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wphamilton, you can't have it both. ways. A couple of posts earlier you said, and I quote "My own hunch is that I'm more likely to get hit by a car when I'm driving than when I'm riding. To my knowledge the risk of a serious head injury is approximately the same. So common sense tells me that I'd rather wear a helmet driving than riding." which directly contradicts the point you made later.

I also don't understand why you think it is better not to wear a helmet when cycling but a better idea in a car when the odds, according to you, are the same. Any chance of producing all the evidence and statistics to support one of what is at present your contradictory arguments? You'd also better state whether the vehicle contained what is now the standard safety items, a seat belt, now compulsory in so many places, and an airbag.