Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

neo-fight!

Whoa!

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/wear-helmet-says-Leicester-police-inspector-hurt/story-21965577-detail/story.html

What did the driver do in this instance?
What could the Police Inspector have done to prevent the crash?
#victimblaming

In the comments:-
'The investigation concluded that the cause of the collision was the reckless behaviour of the cyclist possibly due to a belief that the plastic hat he was wearing at the time somehow made him safer. Meanwhile the driver of the vehicle, a life-long cyclist, had left their bike at home that day after becoming convinced by the amount of safety gear on sale that it was a mortally dangerous activity. Both road users vowed to keep safe in future by staying at home on the sofa eating junk food all day and night.'

http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets#.U9hcx4BdUeP

Here's one for the new forum helmet thread. Perhaps we can resolve this once and for all: Wear a helmet or not, it is up to you (whatever your mother says). But if you ae going to wear wear one one that:

makes use of a brain-computer interface and has electrodes embedded in the foam that covers your forehead. It uses something called electroencephalography to take a real-time measurement of your brain's electrical activity - and voltage fluctuations - on the scalp. In doing so, the sensor can monitor how engaged your mind is.

http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1568389/mind-reading-helmet-analyses-cyclists-mood-and-signals-drivers

What colour would drunk be?

What colour would drunk be?

This colour

I might start wearing a helmet in that case.

Yep gives a new meaning to 'cycle trip'

amazing

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/brain-injury-mums-plea-over-cyclists-175659n.24993019

I was going to make a smart arse comment about how you should be kind to her because she has a brain injury but then I actually read the entire article and there is no joke that anyone could make that would be better than the article itself. That's incredible.

Remember kids... don't sleep ride your bike on the 1st floor balcony of a flat without a helmet...

Did you hear the one about the duck that walked into a bar?

Did it really quack you up?

"anecdotal associations are so powerful that they cause people to ignore contrary evidence" these stories are placed in the press in order to undermine the research that shows bike hire schemes are generally less risky than other cycling

Interesting read all be it bias as they're trying to market a TV show

eveningtimes.co.uk/news/brain-injury-mums-plea-over-cyclists-175659n.24993019

Helmets should be compulsary for being on balconies obvs

Spartacus speaks out on helmet wearage.

illiterate fucking goon.

http://lcc.org.uk/articles/whats-wrong-with-new-cycle-helmet-law

Jersey has recently introduced a law requiring children younger than 14 years old to wear helmets while cycling. So the debate here in the UK continues.

Unfortunately, the inconclusive and ambiguous results of the research done to date, allows both sides of the argument to claim they're 'right'.

With the way our culture is developing, I personally think we'll see a helmet law and possibly a licensing law created before this decade's out. Because obvs sticking a plastic foam casing on someone's head and a number plate on their bike will prevent them being crushed under a ten tonne lorry.

I think your pessimism is unfounded. Licensing is far too complicated and expensive, irrational and not worth the few votes it might garner.
Oddly, and sadly, possibly the best safeguard against a helmet law is Boris Johnson as Prime MInister. Not a price worth paying, I agree. But again I don't see many votes in it for any politician and the arguments in favour are actually so flimsy that I can't see why anyone would risk trying to introduce it. Jersey is, politically, backwards and semi-feudal and isn't a sign of thins to come anywhere else.

If you read the background to the Jersey law I seem to remember it was pushed through by someone who had the power/influence to change the law and also had a child involved in a cycling accident with a head injury.

Here is a transport minister on the defensive, where helmets are compulsory he suggested licencing as the solution after 3 cyclist deaths in a couple of weeks. Pearls of wisdom here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbvYkATHYMQ
the quality of the questioning suggests people are aware that lids and licences are not the solution.

Andrew Green the mp who pushed through the Jersey law has a son who has a severe brain injury as a result of falling off his bike when aged 9. Green is chair of the charity Headway which does brilliant work with people with brain injury and is the main promoter of helmet laws in parliaments and assemblies across UK. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2014/jul/30/jersey-compulsory-cycle-helmet-law-emotion-not-evidence
Cycle injuries only account for a small proportion of Headway clients.