I'm not leading any anti-helmet charge...and whatever my stance on them is, it's on the heels of people way smarter than I am. Questioning helmets is not the same as questioning the importance of safety. It is that *only* if you regard helmets as totally safe *and* ignore any tendency to take more risks when wearing one. Those are the qualifiers, and as quick as they are to describe, I'd say they're biggies.
Everybody has a first or second hand experience with a helmet that helped (or may have) in an accident. I don't question that if you're doomed to hit your head, you're better off with a helmet on. But this is not an issue that is simply a matter of black/white, smart/dumb, or life/death. Iti is far more complicated than that, and articles such as the Times one here (I'll soon have it up on the BLUG) add something to the discussion. On Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:33:18 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/sunday-review/to-encourage-biking-cities-forget-about-helmets.html?pagewanted=all > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/l1cskcv2vVIJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
