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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:19:58 -0400
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:19:49 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 3/25/2025 1:33 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can't understand why anyone argues about wearing helmets other than
>>> about making it mandatory. Whether on not a person wears a helmet has
>>> no effect on anyone else. As for laws about adults wearing them, they
>>> are gradually falling by the wayside.
>>>
>>> --
>>> C'est bon
>>> Soloman
>>>
>> 
>> Get it required by organisations and organised events which is admittedly a
>> low percentage of cyclists ie folks who are club members and/or Sportives
>> etc which often requires helmets commonly due to insurance.
>
>Even the insurance is usually a red herring. I ran our club's annual 
>century for about eight years. We carried insurance through the League 
>of American Bicyclists, and I was very familiar with their required 
>liability release. It said absolutely nothing about helmets.
>
>When I ran the ride, we did not require helmets. Almost everyone wore 
>one anyway. (It's part of America's "avid cyclist" costume, and fashion 
>is weird and powerful.) We had very few crashes and never a liability 
>problem.


Everyone ignores your pathetic whines about wearing helmets. 


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"when will they ever learn?"
--Pete Seeger