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by Arelius
4337 days ago
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> So by this logic someone not wearing a helmet while in a car is also an idiot. That may also be true, assuming that we have similar data showing that helmets help as much in cars as they do on bikes. Considering that car incidents are vastly different however, I suspect a helmet in a car incident doesn't have quite the same affect on head injuries. And even if they have proven to be useful, the studies are almost certainly with helmets that much more closely resemble a motorcycle helmet. In which a case the convenience and comfort helmet have a much more significant impact, which plays directly into my comment of "without a good reason" Additionally, I'd really like to see the paper where that statistic came from, sadly it doesn't give the numbers in the abstract. And while it's totally anecdotal I know a non-zero amount of people (directly or indirectly) who have had a head injury cycling, yet zero as a pedestrian. Despite knowing vastly more people who spend vastly more time walking. Saying that you're more likely to get a head accident walking is a pretty strong claim. Thus I'd like to see strong evidence. |
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Cars also travel under different conditions from bicycles as well (certainly not many highway bicyclists), and as such i would presume that motorists would be involved in many more high speed crashes (although data on that would be interesting to see).
So comparing injuries on bikes to injuries in cars definitely seems like an apples to oranges comparison at first blush.