Originally Posted by cyclintom
Maybe you missed the threat title? "Proof helmets are a worthwhile investment."
I've presented statistics showing in fact that for serious injuries or death, a helmet made no detectable difference.
Maybe you missed your first reply:
Originally Posted by cyclintom
So your take is that if you'd have crashed without a helmet you wouldn't have tried to protect your head and your head would have looked like that helmet?
Obviously you don't much care about your own well-being.
Not terribly constructive. And where are those statistics again? None of your "studies" with statistics even show that those who died were wearing helmets. In one of the studies it shows fatality trends, while stating helmet usage went from 0% to 30%. Maybe all the people dying are from the other 70%... Point is the data doesn't show that detail does it?
Originally Posted by cyclintom
Again, I'm not suggesting that people NOT wear helmets. I'm suggesting that it is absolutely false that helmets save you from serious injuries.
And where did the OP ever say they did? Again to go back to your point, The title was "Proof helmets are a worthwhile investment."
I think based on the OP description of his accident, as well as countless others, a $50 helmet certainly was money well spent.
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