Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Maybe the data isn't sensitive enough to show the benefits of wearing helmets.
This, IMO, is the whole point. It certainly seems likely that helmets do offer some benefit in some kinds of falls. My point all along, though, has been that any benefit is obviously not so overwhelming as to justify the fanaticism with which the "pro-helmet" cadre preach their gospel. It's analogous to raising bloody hell about the "morons", "organ donors", "Darwin candidates" etc. who dare ride around in cars without side curtain airbags.
IOW, the rational person looks at the side curtain air bag statistics and says "Well, you're probably a little safer in a car with side curtain airbags". The irrational person rolls down the window and screams epithets at passing motor traffic about how they deserve to die because they don't have them.