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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-25-12, 09:25 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/a...

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3309109.ece

BTW, the poster previous to me is confounding helmets and helmet laws in a deliberate attempt to mislead you.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-11-12, 06:41 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Thankfully I didn't know any of them. I am...

Thankfully I didn't know any of them.

I am done for now with this thread, i'll probably have to come back later with another reminder that cyclists aren't made safer by closetbiker and sixjours...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-11-12, 06:13 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Don't even bother pontificating statistics to me,...

Don't even bother pontificating statistics to me, open your eyes and see what happened today in the real world to a real person.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-11-12, 05:53 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Everytime I come to this thread to post the death...

Everytime I come to this thread to post the death or serious injury of a cyclist from head trauma I am reminded that there is no shortage of ignorance in this world.

Good luck Six jours, may you...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-11-12, 05:50 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Wise guy - Keep that smirk on your face.

Wise guy - Keep that smirk on your face.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-11-12, 04:42 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Unfortunately the cyclist may have been able to...

Unfortunately the cyclist may have been able to walk away from this one if they'd had a lid on. Pray for the victim....
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-01-12, 04:26 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Happy new years! Hope everybody is staying...

Happy new years!

Hope everybody is staying safe, keeping those helmets properly fastened and their wits about them while out on the roads.

Please remember, it's fun to "debate" something on...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-16-11, 09:33 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

This sounds like a conspiracy theory...If all you...

This sounds like a conspiracy theory...If all you need is a bike, as you say, then go on your bike ride and stop complaining that when YOU want to join somebody's group you refuse to play by the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-16-11, 09:30 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

They aren't prompting helmets.. haha - what...

They aren't prompting helmets.. haha - what probably happened is a rider without a helmet sustained a head injury on a ride and sued somebody. It's all about insurance at this point, why should they...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-16-11, 09:28 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

You've nothing to complain about, nobody has...

You've nothing to complain about, nobody has insulted you! Again you fail to understand that one does not cause the other simply because it so happens that those things were observed in the same...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-16-11, 07:14 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/167278...

http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/167278.gif

You got it backwards my boy, but go stick your head in the sand... at least it won't rip your precious ear off like a helmetless tumble on...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-16-11, 07:10 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Sure, right back at you... Helmets...

Sure, right back at you...



Helmets are prevention. Stop confusing correlation(common things that happen to people who have helmets) with causation(things directly caused by helmets).
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-16-11, 04:39 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

The REAL reason you hate helmets has NOTHING todo...

The REAL reason you hate helmets has NOTHING todo with your ears, but what is between them. Paying attention to traffic will only get you so far, that is why i think some people here just got lucky...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-16-11, 12:11 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Spare me the bit about your ears, just an excuse....

Spare me the bit about your ears, just an excuse.

There is enough danger on the roads to warrant the lids.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-15-11, 11:08 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Haha, that doesn't mean the helmet CAUSES the...

Haha, that doesn't mean the helmet CAUSES the injury. Typical you fail to present any balanced view as to which injury the helmet has prevented since cyclist started wearing them. I am speaking about...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-15-11, 05:34 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Wear a helmet while riding your bicycle. That is...

Wear a helmet while riding your bicycle. That is it. Very simple to wear a helmet while riding. Very easy and almost no burden to protect yourself.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-15-11, 05:30 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Helmets don't promote injury, this sort of...

Helmets don't promote injury, this sort of conclusion only proves how messed up your thinking is.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-15-11, 03:28 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

No, the car has airbags. You've assumed there is...

No, the car has airbags. You've assumed there is a HUGE cost to eliminate this risk, there just isn't. We eliminate small risks in this society all the time, they are the EASY ones to fix. Wearing a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-15-11, 12:14 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

It never stopped being fun and helmets don't ruin...

It never stopped being fun and helmets don't ruin fun. People like those anti-helmet guys(you?) here make it a HUGE deal out of something that just isn't.

Further, nobody is saying cycling is...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-14-11, 10:32 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

You should be very careful taking any study he...

You should be very careful taking any study he posts, there is a selective process going on such that only a study which shows an anti-helmet bias will ever be posted. Secondly head injury is NOT...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-14-11, 09:19 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

? Utter nonsense. Why don't you already post the...

? Utter nonsense. Why don't you already post the pictures you threatened to... you know the ones of the guy who crashed without the FF helmet. The ones that show what a helmet can protect against...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-14-11, 08:21 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

I'm through reading your links they're all awful....

I'm through reading your links they're all awful. I told you head injury is common enough to make me and many others take it seriously. You anti-helmet guys are a bunch of jokers who've just got...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-14-11, 08:04 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Maybe - I certainly won't sit here and tell you...

Maybe - I certainly won't sit here and tell you that is anecdotal evidence.

Further, the choice to not wear the full-face helmet is not a condemnation of all helmets - because i know where your...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-14-11, 07:55 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Wrong, you're using the term anecdote to dismiss...

Wrong, you're using the term anecdote to dismiss actual common scenarios. Get real... go ahead and lie to me i don't care because facts are facts. If you want to tell me people don't split their...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-14-11, 03:52 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Don't waste my time. There is nothing...

Don't waste my time.

There is nothing anecdotal about that injury, people's scalps all offer the same resistance to pavement.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-14-11, 12:55 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Yup, easy to post a study about why a helmet...

Yup, easy to post a study about why a helmet makes no difference... not so easy to get your own scalp ripped off. Talk is cheap.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-13-11, 11:49 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,286
Posted By electrik

Ouch, wear a lid and keep your scalp attached. ...

Ouch, wear a lid and keep your scalp attached.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/235635/10-8-004b.jpg
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