Originally Posted by
njkayaker
It's seems many people think that all collisions with cars are at high speeds.
It seems many people don't understand the logical implications of saying that most of what kills you on a bike is being hit by a car.
Many (likely most) collisions are much lower speeds and helmets might help in some cases. It's not likely that helmets would make it worse.
The fact is that we don't have enough data to really know. But it doesn't seem unreasonable (to me) that helmets can be better than nothing in some cases.
I have no doubt that in almost all cases you are not worse off wearing a helmet on a bike.
Point I am trying to make is that there are more effective ways of reducing deadly bike accidents than focusing on helmets.
Small things that can already help without big investments in infrastructure, is to change the mindset of drivers that cyclists are in their way and don't belong on the roads. For example with public campaigns, signs and road markings.
Originally Posted by
GlennR
What about motorcycles?
Yup, being hit by a motorcycle is not healthy either.