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

Interesting TED talk about concussion. Mostly re. American football as it's been in the news lately, but the research into causes is worth a watch.

http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2016X/None/DavidCamarillo_2016X.mp4

Bicycle helmets reduce risk of serious head injury by nearly 70%, study finds.

^ full text of the study here http://m.ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/09/06/ije.dyw153.full

Haven't finished reading through it but I can't see how a meta-analysis of studies which themselves tend to be highly flawed is much use. And forgive me if I don't trust it coming from Australia trying to justify their ridiculous mandatory helmet laws

Quite. Once the muslims have been prevented from getting in, Australia ought to be the safest place on the planet. :)

I slipped on a wet manhole cover, worn down to a mirror finish.

Perhaps councils shouldn't put stupid slippery metal plates on public roads instead of putting the blame on the cyclists/motorcyclists by suggesting "oh a helmet is so safe". Hm, yeah how about not putting people at risk by shit infrastructure?

(which is true for motorists too, they also get put at risk by poorly designed junctions and so on)

Does your last sentence imply that you are pro choice for seatbelts and air bags?

Neither of those are particularly uncomfortable, or burdensome when you have to take them with you after you park your car

Thanks. Must've missed this.

Gotta say thats longer than I thought she'd get. Given how lax these punishments can be.

Those are safety measures that:

-Have actual hard data behind them , that are tested to much higher standards than helmets and are tested for the actual purpose that motorist seem to think cycle helmets are for: Crash safety (not falling at 15 mph from a height of a meter and a half hitting your head on a static object)

• Reduce many injuries, not only head injuries, and increase survival rate across the board -Aren't part of a round of indirect victim blaming "oh their car only had a 3 star safety rating and one airbag...so yes, their injuries are partial to blame" said nobody ever
  
  

That doesn't mean that there are no arguments for wearing a helmet in types of cycling where there's a high risk of falls (peletons, MTBs and so on) as that's exactly what they're tested for: Falls.

But for commuting, how about safer roads first for everyone?

Yes let's talk lots and lots about helmets, obsessively and research them, compel people to wear them, fine them if they don't, and talk how helmets saved our lives....
(Nothing to do with safety)

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https://medium.com/@lucullus/kids-helmets-and-not-being-one-801f0a44591c#.nmspg8avl

Most of the world has a healthy helmet attitude with one major exception. Looking at you down there...

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and BC? didn't know that... thought canada was full of libertarians...

Don't NZ count? Kiwis get very uppity when lumped in with Straalyunz.

They both put helmets on riders so yes the can be lumped together

thought canada was full of libertarians.

Couldn't be further from the truth. They're never more than one election away from Communism.

fingers crossed

I'm just gonna leave this here. Apparently what a helmet has to be to live up to their purported benefits.

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How dare you post a picture of a fish in this thread.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mother-of-two-fell-off-bike-and-died-moments-after-taking-this-selfie-a3360441.html

fucking awful. and it's taken this gormless cunt of a woman a mere matter minutes to weigh in with her particular brand of stupidity and compassion.

https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/783299002334846976

Headway - “The evidence from Australian and New Zealand is that the number of head and brain injuries from cycling has reduced while cycling has never been more popular.”

http://www.cycle-helmets.com/cycling-1985-2015.html

"Government surveys suggest 24.5% fewer daily bicycle trips in 2015 than in 1985/86 by Australians aged 9+, despite 49.7% population growth in the 30 years since the pre-helmet law survey was conducted."

Another case of article writers doing a TL:DR.

But of course the article writer can only suggest helmets are the causes, as there may be other factors at play also. Perhaps infrastructure has gone to pot too.

Did she refer to you as snowflake? As in a snowflake in (green) hell's chance...

she's just... just awful.