When I started wearing a helmet again a few weeks ago I did, for about twenty minutes, feel like I was much safer...a little insight into why some say wearing a helmet makes cyclists take more risks etc etc.
It's perfectly clear that wearing a helmet makes people take more risks, or at least alters their behaviour when you see the number of people who say things like "I would never ride without a helmet"
Which clearly means that wearing a helmet has made them decide it is now safe enough to ride their bikes, whereas without they consider it too dangerous.
If that is not risk compensation I don't know what is.
It's perfectly clear that wearing a helmet makes people take more risks, or at least alters their behaviour when you see the number of people who say things like "I would never ride without a helmet"
Which clearly means that wearing a helmet has made them decide it is now safe enough to ride their bikes, whereas without they consider it too dangerous.
If that is not risk compensation I don't know what is.