Originally Posted by
Six jours
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For the record, and as simply as possible:
1) I don't advocate for or against helmets. I just advocate for intelligent adults making their own decisions, and not having to put up with insults as a result.
2) A helmet is of some -- but limited -- use. It can certainly prevent bumps and bruises, and in a certain kind of fall it can prevent brain damage and/or death. The "right" kind of fall -- enough energy to cause damage/death without a helmet but not enough to overwhelm the helmet's protective ability -- is unfortunately rare. Anyone who thinks it's going to save him when struck by a large, high-speed motor vehicle is kidding himself, regardless of what kind of degree he has.
this is where I stand as well and even without all the inquiries I've made over the years about helmets, I'd have to say the arguments on the pro-helmet side are so bad that these alone would lead me to believe claims on need and performance of helmets are extremely suspect. Aligning with those that make these arguments is like aligning yourself to some pretty suspect logic and you'd be less than bright to go along with them based on their arguments.