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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: 27 Mar 2025 16:19:07 GMT
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John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2025 11:49:09 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
> 
>> Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 3/26/2025 10:46 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>> On 3/26/2025 3:32 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>>> On 3/26/2025 12:06 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On average, bicycling is safer than walking by all those metrics. You 
>>>>>> obviously don't believe that, 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't? My, how kunich-esque of you.
>>>> 
>>>> Perhaps you should explicitly state your positions. As it is, you now 
>>>> seem to be implying that you do think bicycling is safer than walking. 
>>>> Yet you apparently think that bicyclists get great value from special 
>>>> protective hats, but pedestrians don't need them. Those two points seem 
>>>> inconsistent.
>>>> 
>>>> So am I misinterpreting your views? What exactly are your views?
>>> 
>>> My view is that helmets work. Wear them if you feel you need to extra 
>>> protection. Don't wear them if you don't feel that need.
>>> 
>>> 
>> I find them useful off road as bush protection if like myself one rides the
>> path less traveled aka overgrown! So I can essentially use my the helmet to
>> push through said bushes!
>> 
>> On road which for me largely is commuting, It provides eye protection with
>> the visor from rain/hail and so on.
>> 
>> It’s also quite handy as sort of man bag to put one’s keys/gloves etc at
>> cafe stop/shopping etc.
>> 
>> I have no expectations of protection from motor traffic nor does population
>> studies seem to suggest that, bike infrastructure seems to do that ie
>> Amsterdam and similar cyclists have much lower rates and so on.
>> 
>> But UK isn’t likely to make this a legislation the hurdles to do so are
>> large, so I don’t feel forced or otherwise to use one, after all see plenty
>> of non helmeted cyclists about be they folks on hire bikes or some utility
>> cyclists.
>> 
>> It’s such a non issue at least here.
>> 
>> Roger Merriman
>> 
> 
> I think my reason for wearing a helmet was best :-)
> 
> My wife mentioned one day, "I'd feel better if you wore a helmet", so
> I went right out and  bought one. Which gave me a big edge in the next
> husband-wife argument.... "Well! When you wanted me to wear a helmet I
> did....." (:-])
> 

My wife while she did worry, though not unreasonably about MTB and so on
crashes.

She was un fussed about Helmet or not though!

Roger Merriman