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IMO, the interesting thing about the australia numbers is not so much the impact on the number of people cycling, but the complete failure of the sudden increase in helmet wearing to impact on the rate of head injuries among the people still cycling. So cycle helmet use went up drastically, but the rate of head injuries per 100 cyclists stayed pretty much the same.
This makes it sound like helmets are not too effective at reducing the rate of head injuries among a population.
(this doesn't touch the 'what if a car hit me' arguments - but those are crap anyway)