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Maybe everyone should wear helmets all the time?
I gave a presentation to a group of driving instructors (ADIs) promoting a course where ADIs get on a cycle in order to improve how they communicate to learner drivers about cycling.
One bloke shouted out when I showed a slide of a helmetless rider saying that he couldn't take anything I said seriously after seeing that slide. The presentation after mine was from a paramedic who described the common head injuries drivers receive when they crash, especially what he called a 'bullseye' - where a drivers head hits the windscreen, their hair forms the dark centre and surrounded by a circle of blood...
http://drivetoworkday.org/2012/10/26/better-safe-than-sorry/
skydancer
My daughter's school is doing a week's course in the next few weeks, and there was a box to tick if you wanted your child to wear a helmet.
I feel sorry for the teacher ^^^ who hit her head in normal day to day activities! Maybe everyone should wear helmets all the time?