Originally Posted by
cyrano138
synapsemusic: The whole point of the thread, according to the article referenced by the OP, is that statistical evidence doesn't bear out what heaps of anecdotal evidence purport to prove. It may be true that there are times when a life is saved by a helmet, but those are statistically insignificant, again according to this article: when helmets were used/mandated, it says, no significant reduction in deaths from head injuries occurred.
This is very flawed logic to say that helmets don't help prevent head injuries...
How about mandating no helmets and see what happens to those who would normally wear a lid like MTBers, BMXers, freeriders, dirtjumpers, etc. see how the statistics change...
When it comes to the riding that your average law abiding citizen who now wears a helmet because of the law does, there isn't much risk, hence the low statistical significance.
*pardon my bad grammar, I'm on strong meds at the moment.