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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-03-13, 10:44 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

I apologize. I was irritated by being called...

I apologize. I was irritated by being called "dishonest".
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-03-13, 09:20 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

To what extent do current bicycle helmets protect...

To what extent do current bicycle helmets protect against skull fractures and "contusions on the brain"?
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I think it would suit you. You could also get a big jersey with...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-01-13, 06:32 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

"Think of the children" Canadian Pediatric Society calls for mandatory helmet laws

In a shock announcement earlier this year it was announced in the canadian media that bicycle helmets are "pretty well useless" against concussions:
...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-09-13, 07:38 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 5,570
Posted By RazrSkutr

That sounds provocative when there's a perfectly...

That sounds provocative when there's a perfectly good sidewalk you could be using. Alternatively you could just ride somewhere else and not get in the way of the cars. Your extremist intransigence...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-09-13, 07:35 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 5,570
Posted By RazrSkutr

Looking at that, I'm really interested in where...

Looking at that, I'm really interested in where the people that criticize Eli Damon would be riding?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-09-13, 07:27 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 5,570
Posted By RazrSkutr

Mmmm... you might also want to provide the bit of...

Mmmm... you might also want to provide the bit of background that, no doubt, you and the other people attacking Eli Damon's actions are aware of: he was significantly involved in the L.A.B. reform...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-19-13, 06:53 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

So what you're trying to say in your fumbling,...

So what you're trying to say in your fumbling, inarticulate way is that you don't actually have the information that you've been puffing about for several pages now. Namely, a graph or table of the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-18-13, 07:36 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

I'm sure License2Ill will take your admonishment...

I'm sure License2Ill will take your admonishment seriously
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/771371-The-helmet-thread?p=15861772&viewfull=1#post15861772
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-18-13, 07:32 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

1) where did the "minimum" qualifier come from? ...

1) where did the "minimum" qualifier come from? It suggests that you have evidence that there is a demonstrable effect above 100J of impact energy

2) you may be right that helmets are able to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-17-13, 01:29 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

I think we're having a disagreement over the use...

I think we're having a disagreement over the use of the word "range". I'm using it in its normal sense and you're using it to mean a single value.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-17-13, 06:37 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Still waiting for you to post those by the way.

Still waiting for you to post those by the way.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-09-13, 10:12 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Yes, you're right they could, if you had a way of...

Yes, you're right they could, if you had a way of storing it instead of, in the case of brakes dissipating the energy through heat, or in helmets physically deforming.

I think you've just invented...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-09-13, 09:55 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Wut? Does braking work by magic smoke too? The...

Wut? Does braking work by magic smoke too? The brakes and rims don't absorb the kinetic energy and turn it into heat? Please do tell me more... and do you have any interesting perpetual motion...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-09-13, 09:06 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

You'll forgive me if I prefer my own...

You'll forgive me if I prefer my own understanding of g-forces over that of someone that believes that it's possible to "slow acceleration" of an impact or "provide a braking force" without absorbing...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-09-13, 08:34 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

That's right... it's not to do with magic dust. ...

That's right... it's not to do with magic dust. The helmet does not, I repeat, does NOT function by crushing and absorbing energy. What actually happens is that the energy is converted into magic...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-09-13, 08:18 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Really? The Snell Memorial Foundation appears to...

Really? The Snell Memorial Foundation appears to disagree with you:


http://www.smf.org/standards/b/b90astd



I'm not sure where you think the kinetic energy of the mass of the head having...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-09-13, 07:12 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

What I am asking is for you to supply the...

What I am asking is for you to supply the information which you claimed you had on the general usefulness of bicycle helmets for saving us from certain death. You were quite explicit on this point,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-07-13, 05:50 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

So your answer is that the reference which you...

So your answer is that the reference which you cited makes absolutely no reference to the range of impact speeds within which EPS crushes and the assertion that this is actually a very small subset...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-06-13, 07:15 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Please specify this range. Whereas it...

Please specify this range.


Whereas it appears that you do and it would be awesome if you could post some specifics.



Here is the link you posted. Please indicate the specific sections to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-06-13, 07:16 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Only in the freak situation that Sudo Bike...

Only in the freak situation that Sudo Bike mentioned. The crushing of EPS does not occur as a monotonic function. There is a narrow window ( the freak situation mentioned before ) where the impact...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-18-13, 12:27 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

It's not just MHLs. It's the use of helmets. We...

It's not just MHLs. It's the use of helmets. We can fairly assume that MHL areas have higher helmet use, both through measurements which bear this out, and as a reasonable guess. So we can...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-18-13, 08:27 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

I've moved your emphasis from the point where the...

I've moved your emphasis from the point where the authors move from their opinion to the factual result of the study.


Only if you're approaching this as there being two sides, one of which (from...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-18-13, 03:47 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

That's the one[1]. The one which notes that...

That's the one[1]. The one which notes that injury rates were already decreasing before the introduction of helmet legislation. You did get that bit?

It's very significant, because it refutes...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-15-13, 09:02 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Your presence here suggests otherwise. <---...

Your presence here suggests otherwise. <--- insert passive aggressive smiley face of your choice
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-13-13, 06:33 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

There is another possibility: your posts don't...

There is another possibility: your posts don't achieve whatever effect for which you're aiming. Sorry if I assumed that you were as unhinged due to your presentation. I shall take you seriously...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-13-13, 06:30 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

If his brains did not end up on the road when...

If his brains did not end up on the road when wearing a piece of polystyrene on his head a non-hysterical, reasonable person would probably be right in guessing that without a helmet the same thing...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-12-13, 07:04 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

What do you make of it? Are you claiming that...

What do you make of it? Are you claiming that without the helmet your concussed friend would have had his brains on the road?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-12-13, 07:02 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

No, it's actually not. You said exactly...

No, it's actually not. You said exactly something different. Maybe you weren't as clear as you'd like to be. No need to get whiny about it. Just try harder next time.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-12-13, 05:44 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

I certainly understand that reaction... but I...

I certainly understand that reaction... but I prefer to look at it as a statement that none of the studies performed to date are adequate grounds for claiming (as the BMA has done several times in...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-12-13, 05:30 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

That sucks.. because you have the same risk of...

That sucks.. because you have the same risk of concussion with or without a helmet. Guess you've just given a great reason for not wearing a helmet: first responders are more likely to observe you...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-12-13, 05:23 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

One of my longtime heros, Ben Goldacre (writer of...

One of my longtime heros, Ben Goldacre (writer of the Bad Science columns for the Guardian), has weighed in on the helmet issue in the British Medical Journal. The subtitle of the short piece...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-09-13, 06:33 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

: At long last Captain Obvious has made...

:


At long last Captain Obvious has made an appearance. I was starting to doubt his existence!


Really? They don't all use incredibly cheap EPS?


Jeez. Why do you bother with this...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-05-13, 09:18 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

When you speak of "the present design" it...

When you speak of "the present design" it suggests that even after all the time that you've spent on this thread you're unaware that there are multiple helmet standards to choose from.

Helmets in...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-04-13, 04:19 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

This coming from a man who objected that I used...

This coming from a man who objected that I used too many qualifiers in my posts.

Sounds like a seeker after The Truth.

Unfortunately life is a bit more complicated than that. Best to leave...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-01-13, 07:01 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

That is an interesting observation. One cynical...

That is an interesting observation. One cynical possibility that occurs to me is that a 2 meter drop with a head-form onto a flat surface coincides with the specific maximum energy absorption for...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-30-13, 05:50 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Yes, that's right... "who cares?". Apparently...

Yes, that's right... "who cares?". Apparently you and I do or we wouldn't be posting here. The big difference is that apparently I do care about truth and evidence and you don't. You'd rather just...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-30-13, 05:44 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

And your posts going back some time back that up....

And your posts going back some time back that up.

But Meanwhile does have some valid objections to what you suggest: you're asking him/her to prove that a particular helmet did not in some freaky...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-30-13, 05:25 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

You have ...again... missed the point. Make a...

You have ...again... missed the point. Make a list of the things that a risk taker will do, then start looking for correlations between their death rate and X.

X = {no-helmet, drinking,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-30-13, 02:30 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Here's an interesting perspective from one Law...

Here's an interesting perspective from one Law firm on bicycle helmets






Click the link below to find out the exciting answer ...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-30-13, 02:24 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

You've been told this before: they're probably...

You've been told this before: they're probably risk takers who are drunk.

In the current climate of fear-mongering, there are probably two groups of people that bicycle without helmets:

1)...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-26-13, 07:57 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 5,274
Posted By RazrSkutr

You criticized a "bike facility". Therefore Bek...

You criticized a "bike facility". Therefore Bek will rant and dribble until he gets tired. It doesn't matter how rotten the "facility" is, or that you can be a reflective, competent cyclist... YOU...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-20-13, 09:34 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Just to be clear about this, are you claiming...

Just to be clear about this, are you claiming that data was not available until recently about the prevalance of non-brain-injuring studies? Which injury scoring scale are you referring to, measure...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-19-13, 05:18 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Would you like a recent quote showing that people...

Would you like a recent quote showing that people still believe that helmets prevent concussions and brain injury and are designed to do so?



Point me to the specific part of the study to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-19-13, 05:14 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

What jurisdictions are you talking about?

What jurisdictions are you talking about?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-16-13, 06:17 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

That's true for the "what if?". But helmet use...

That's true for the "what if?". But helmet use has been estimated prior to this and generally pre-legislation most people do not bother. In general we see (e.g. pp22-23 [1]) a doubling across age...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-15-13, 06:33 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Beware of people that don't use qualifiers.....

Beware of people that don't use qualifiers.. they're usually trying to sell you a a helmet.

Interesting that you, too, are interested in moving to the personal and avoiding the central point that...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-15-13, 11:30 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

So, as usual you have nothing to say about the...

So, as usual you have nothing to say about the interesting, substantive point: in yet another country (Australia and N.Z. being already established) it appears that despite widespread helmet use...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-15-13, 10:53 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

Keep wearing your helmet. Just don't lie about...

Keep wearing your helmet. Just don't lie about what it's capable of doing.

That's what makes the paper Chasm54 just cited interesting: even given a reading of the literature which is apparently...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-15-13, 06:39 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

You beat me to it! Was just about to make...

You beat me to it! Was just about to make exactly the same comment about them citing TRT2000. Some researchers take the Cochrane reviews as "the truth" in the medical literature, the fact that TRT...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-13-13, 06:29 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,158
Posted By RazrSkutr

This seems more up your alley: ...

This seems more up your alley:
http://imgur.com/gallery/0UN0T
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