This public health professional says nay to helmets.

[MarkXIX]

She's a silly hippie chick. Nothing more needs said. She wants to get in touch with nature. Let's see how kind the "touch" a tree trunk is against her bare skull one day.

 

[Red Squirrel]

She's a silly hippie chick. Nothing more needs said. She wants to get in touch with nature. Let's see how kind the "touch" a tree trunk is against her bare skull one day.

:biggrin:

I'm sure that glow stick thing she has around her neck will save her. Or is that to make it easier to find the body at night? 😛

 

[preCRT]

She's an idiot. Hope she's signed an organ donor card so that maybe some day folks may benefit from her beliefs.

 

[LegendKiller]

After seeing my best friend die when I was 13 after he was hit by a car when he was wearing no helmet. The car didn't kill him, it unbalanced him (grazing hit) and he fell off, hitting his head directly on the pavement. I will always wear a helmet. My kids wear one and it is drilled into them that they must wear it.

It is idiotic to not wear one. The woman is a fool.

Saying that helmets only protect against some injury and not others as a justification for not wearing one is like saying seatbelts cause some injuries and so you shouldn't wear one.

The last comment on her site debunks the entire basis of her "it doesn't help" argument. As somebody who constantly links to data it's surprising (not) that she didn't link to this.

 

[TallBill]

Lindsey Anne Wallace. 😉

He's a moron

 

[olds]

I would never wear a bicycle helmet but there's no doubt they could protect your noggin. But you look like a tool wearing it.

 

[TallBill]

I would never wear a bicycle helmet but there's no doubt they could protect your noggin. But you look like a tool wearing it.

Yeah... but you already look like a tool so...

 

[K7SN]

When I raced I always wore an open face old-school helmet instead of a full-face helmet because I could avoid the braking a clavicle when pitching my head in the dirt. I did add a football guard so I didn't use my face as plow.

I see the flawed logic, wear a helmet and risk more broken bones hence more injuries but the flaw is broken bones mend with time, putting you head into pavement where it splits open like a dropped melon and fertilizes the pavement with your brains is ja different kind of injury.

My, I hope my hopefully rational brain; wants to stay rational and in one piece.

 

[Humpy]

He's a moron

:biggrin:

 

[Gryz]

Next step: mandatory helmets for the people on the fat-people-scooters. (Or whatever you call them these days).

Looking forward to the day people feel it is necessary to wear helmets when they walk across the parking lot from their cars to the shopping mall. "You never know. You could fall and hurt yourself ! It's a dangerous world out there !"

 

[mikeford]

Just because everyone on your bus wears a helmet doesn't mean everyone else needs one.

 

[Eug]

http://www.bikinginmpls.com/about/

That gal is a moron.

Personally I think for adults it should be a choice... which I think it is, I'm not aware of any law. But kids should definitely wear one. It also depends what kind of biking you do. If it's just casual normal speeds then even if you wipe out because of a rock or something you wont do much damage, but if you're going 30+ km/h then yeah you should wear a helmet.

In Ontario, it's mandatory under the age of 18. It's optional for adults. Personally I think it should be mandatory for all ages, just like seat belts (or car seats for kids) are.

There is also a law that states that cars must have 1 m or more distance from the rider when passing a rider.

 

[who?]

If you come to a complete stop and fall over because of difficulty getting out of your clipless pedals you could suffer a severe head injury against the curb.
In Arkansas we have the three foot rule when passing a bicyclist. In New Mexico they have a five foot rule.

 

[skyking]

If you come to a complete stop and fall over because of difficulty getting out of your clipless pedals you could suffer a severe head injury against the curb.
In Arkansas we have the three foot rule when passing a bicyclist. In New Mexico they have a five foot rule.

This for sure. there are many things that can happen and prevent you getting a hand down effectively to protect your head.

 

[Fayd]

They're a pain in the ass and they make you look stupid but this article is utter nonsense.

Helmets don't prevent crashes? I guess that means my sealtbelt doesn't prevent crashes either.
And the statistics don't take into account all other kinds of injuries? Maybe that's because helmets are intended to protect your head.

To deny that a bicycle helmet can protect your head from a serious injury is asinine.

seatbelts keep your ass in the seat, and potentially in control.

a more apt analogy would be your air bag doesn't prevent crashes. in fact, double analogy. it increases risk of neck inuries, while decreasing risk of head injuries. except, for both helmets and air bags, the increased safety for head injuries vastly outweighs the slightly increased risk of neck injuries.

 

[Imp]

I just ordered a bump cap... It's a bicycle helmet hidden underneath a baseball cap. I got tired of nailing my head working under desks? And I'm special.

 

[OutHouse]

I love my Arai helmet, I never start my bike without it strapped to my coconut.

 

[88keys]

seatbelts keep your ass in the seat, and potentially in control.

a more apt analogy would be your air bag doesn't prevent crashes. in fact, double analogy. it increases risk of neck inuries, while decreasing risk of head injuries. except, for both helmets and air bags, the increased safety for head injuries vastly outweighs the slightly increased risk of neck injuries.

Funny. I thought gravity was what kept my ass in the seat.

 

[TheVrolok]

Sounds like a moran.

 

[cabri]

Funny. I thought gravity was what kept my ass in the seat.

Not when your vehicle stops its forward momentum abruptly.

 

[DrPizza]

I shattered a bike helmet once. Because of the helmet, I was able to walk away from the accident. Because of what happened to the rest of my body, I wasn't able to walk very far.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I shattered a bike helmet once. Because of the helmet, I was able to walk away from the accident. Because of what happened to the rest of my body, I wasn't able to walk very far.

I could say something snide about the forum administration and brain damage, but mostly I'm happy you're not a vegetable! :wub:

 

[Humpy]

I could say something snide about the forum administration and brain damage, but mostly I'm happy you're not a vegetable! :wub:

My eyes lit up when I saw his post because I had the same thought. Now I would just look like more of a douche if I said anything. Thanks.

 

[Murloc]

it's BS imho but it should be optional regardless otherwise you kill bike sharing and casual biking, that's a good point.

Many biking accidents are stupid stuff like entering the tramway tracks with the wheel and flying head-first on the curb, splitting your head open on a 90° piece of stone. Or cars touching you.

If you're walking and fall, there simply isn't enough speed to kill yourself, unless you fall down the stairs or something, so the comparison doesn't make sense.

Funny. I thought gravity was what kept my ass in the seat.

then what is the purpose of a seatbelt? Hug sensation?

 

[skyking]

A neighbor kid died when he did something stupid around a car. All his injuries were survivable except where his head hit the pavement without a helmet. I was sold on them before that but his death really brought it home in personal terms.