Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jeff Liebermann Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:22:04 -0700 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <2fp4uj55n6mfnmn75jk6ocvuuivrkno6em@4ax.com> <7b77uj9bub4rc32np522g1qkn7ribu8qqn@4ax.com> <5ne7uj5n996ck88v5se48o8avgoupccdcs@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net xehwLebq03Hz0UiwurX2mQZBc1D8pxMMn5ZtXntf1H2VgmEbqH Cancel-Lock: sha1:CVcwX9TSslRdRtVWELorsF/xHMg= sha256:OELFcHXAxHRlqsaqBvT5lIQlLBvtuY9IS4uuygAEw/Q= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Bytes: 2784 On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:46:59 +0700, John B. wrote: >On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:24:04 -0400, Catrike Ryder > wrote: > >>On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:41:02 +0700, John B. >>wrote: (chomp) >>>??? >>>https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2019/02/cycling-fatalities-almost-halved-since-introduction-of-mandatory >>>"The evidence is in: Australian mandatory helmet laws brought in to >>>reduce fatalities in cycling have worked, with a world-first study of >>>such laws at UNSW Sydney.... showing they led to an immediate 46% drop >>>in fatalities and have saved billions of dollars in medical costs >>>since 1990." >> >>How much of that was because people stopped riding bicycles? > >I have no idea but Australia has reported that in some areas that >mandated 100% helmets use the number of participants decreased. "Australia’s helmet law disaster" (April 2012) "When the laws were introduced in the early 1990s, cycling trips declined by 30-40 per cent overall, and up to 80 per cent in some demographic groups, such as secondary school-aged females." "A recent survey from University of Sydney Professor Chris Rissel found 23 per cent of Sydney adults would ride more if helmets were optional, a significant proportion given that only about 15-20 per cent of people ride regularly at present." -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558