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To: "Mark A. Sibert" <marksibert &AElig gmail.com>
cc: bethany soule <bsoule &AElig gmail.com>, inlinenc <inlinenc &AElig yahoogroups.com>,         improvetheworld &AElig umich.edu
From: Daniel Reeves <dreeves &AElig umich.edu>
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> Of course, there is the website http://www.cyclehelmets.org/ that refutes
> the need for helmets when cycling.

It took me a while to figure out what the hell their deal was but I think 
I found it:  from the perspective of current cyclists, what improves 
safety even more than helmet usage is *more cyclists on the road*.  (I 
don't doubt this, and it's one reason I feel safer in New York City.  Cars 
being used to cyclists makes all the difference.)  So from their 
perspective, anything that presents a barrier to entry for cycling makes 
cycling more dangerous, even helmet use.

But most of the site is unforgivably disingenuous.


> And, hey, at least being a woman the article says you're less likely to get
> hit too -- so you'e got that going for you!

I wonder what's safer, a helmet a or a long, blonde, curly wig...



> On 9/22/06, bethany soule <bsoule &AElig gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>   I wanted to send out a counter argument to this article claiming that
>> cycling (and we can probably infer skating too, though I guess drivers
>> are often so surprised to see you on the road, they're likely to give
>> you a pretty wide berth) with a helmet is actually "more dangerous":
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/5334208.stm
>> 
>> Check out this report from the NYC DOT on bicycle accidents in the
>> city over the past 10 years. Of 225 fatalities, 97% of the riders were
>> not wearing helmets, and 74% involved a head injury. Drivers may be
>> more reckless around you if you're wearing a helmet (because you look
>> more competent or something) -- but you're still at a much higher risk
>> of serious injury and death without the helmet.
>> www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/episrv/episrv-bike-report.pdf
>> 
>> (One could also conclude from the nycdot's data that nyc is actually a
>> pretty safe place to bike comparatively. The accident rate per million
>> is the same as 'elsewhere' in the country, while there are twice as
>> many cyclists per million out there. (#2 under the 'key findings'
>> section))
>> 
>> Bethany
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