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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20068083
Interesting article. I like the pictures of Berlin. At our Love London Go Dutch conference the head of the Dutch Cycling Embassy, Roelof Wittink , said that Berlin had left far too many multi-lane main roads thoughout the city, when he rides there he gets frightened that an airliner might mistake the roads for a runway and try to land on the road.
Roelof gave us an interesting presentation on reducing danger and street design.

The BBC's Stephen Evans writes, "Berlin is enjoying a cycling boom, with miles of new cycle paths and more than half a million bike journeys made every day - but controverisally, a helmet is rarely seen." The only thing controversial about it is that he bothers to mention it.
Less controverisally he writes, "There is an argument now that if cities insist on helmets for bike-hire schemes, then people simply don't ride bikes. And if people don't ride bikes, then they're less fit and that means that more of them die of heart-attacks.
On this argument, insisting on helmets raises the overall death rate."