Originally Posted by closetbiker
Everyone is alowed to believe what they want, and buy (for a much money as they want to spend) what they want, but it just is open to question if these things are the best way to spend money.
If you want to believe your own logic, great. I'm going to question your explaination when trained professionals, whos specialty is in this field, address popular misconceptions perpetrated by manafacturers. For instance, a neurosurgeon and member of Canadian Standards Association Committee establishing helmet standards, Dr. Michael Schwartz, says, "... helmets will mitigate the effects of falling off your bicycle and striking your head... If a cyclist is accelerated by a car, then the helmet will not work and will not prevent a severe or even fatal injury"
Comments like,
don't help understand what is not a black or white issue. It's not just buy, either. It's spend 10 times what you have to, and it's buy and then buy again, even if you don't need to (as described by the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute). That type of thinking are what marketers want. Sheep thinking.
You know its fine if you do not want to wear a helmet it's a Darwin thing anyway. But stop belittleing those of us that have had PERSONAL experiance with crashes and helmets with old studies, some obscure expert witness that was being paid to say what he said, and statistics that don't mean a dang thing about helmet safety (you know the one you keep posting about how people who ride bikes tend to live longer not because they doin't weart a helmet, its because they get exercise).