oh what a load of tosh. There are always
two sides to every story.
If you truly believe cycle helmets work than why not walking and running helmets?
Real evidence of marketing power over common sense. But if you feel safer than fine. Personally I'll go without thanks
A load of tosh? He fell of his bike doing about 15 mph and hit his a head on a pretty large boulder (one of those annoying ones people use to stop you driving over the corner of their garden) leaving a big dent on the temple of the helmet. (he might not of dies but he certainly would of been a lot worse had he not been wearing a helmet)
As far as the graph shows on the web site it is a bit misleading, the amount of time spent riding on designated cycle paths away from traffic must play a huge factor. Also, it isnt solely from head injuries so its not exactly relevant.
I believe cycle helmets work and the question of why not walking and running helmets? Its not that often that i walk at 20 mph, and forgive me if i'm wrong (i'm going on memory here) but aren't the most serious injuries caused in a pedestrian/car accident to the head hitting the bonnet or windscreen??? Finally, if helmets are so useless than why wear them on a motorbike??? Surely its the same principle.
As i said they're not going to be much help when you're run over by a bus, but if i ever decide i want to head-but a pavement, rock or something harder than my head, i'd like to have a little extra padding.
Rant over