Comment 81891

By moylek (registered) - website | Posted October 18, 2012 at 08:24:22 in reply to Comment 81874

No matter what you try to do, you cannot eliminate bicycle crashes. Since there will always be some of these crashes then cyclists will be safer if they are wearing a helmet.

No matter what you try to do, you cannot eliminate car crashes. Since there will always be some of these crashes then motorists will be safer if they are wearing a helmet.

No matter what you try to do, you cannot eliminate slipping on icy sidewalks. Since there will always be some of these falls then winter pedestrians will be safer if they are wearing a helmet.

No matter what you try to do, you cannot eliminate slipping in the shower. Since there will always be some of these slips then bathers will be safer if they are wearing a helmet.

No matter what you try to do, you cannot eliminate falling from ladders. Since there will always be some of these falls then ladder users will be safer if they are wearing a helmet.

But more to the point: mandating helmets reduces the number of cyclists. And roads with fewer cyclists are more dangerous for cyclists in general, as experience and reason tell us.

A helmet may well protect a cyclist, but helmets hurt cycling.

Comment edited by moylek on 2012-10-18 08:29:00

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