I was a main witness in a vehicular manslaughter trial where a cyclist was thrown from his bike by a bloke opening his van door in front of me and knocking the cyclist off his bike as he went past a line of vehicles waiting at some lights. The cyclist hit the back of his head on the road and died the following day from a brain bleed. He wasn't wearing a helmet. Courts evidence from neurosurgeon was that likely if he was wearing a helmet he wouldn't have been fatally injured. The defendant got off, mainly on a technicality. A tragic 'accident' or contributory negligence?.....either way if the cyclist was wearing a helmet he would still be alive, he wasn't going very fast. Do they prevent all injuries - of course not, but anyone who says they're not fit for purpose is somewhat missing the point imho.
I know it is slightly different, but since they introduced here in Vietnam compulsory wearing of helmets on motorbikes, death and serious head injuries have dropped by 15,000 a year,
When I worked on the fish dock the train lines which like trams were set in the road behind the market, there was often cyclist coming off their bikes after getting their wheels caught in them. One lunchtime, I was talking to a colleague and looking out the window of our office, and we saw a guy get his wheel caught in the train tracks and come off. Unfortunately, this happened as a fish lorry was passing and it ran over his leg. We ran out to help the guy, only to find that the leg which was run over was false, so the guy had a bit of luck that it ran over his artificial leg.
They are lethal mate . I've come off my bike with those down the cobbled street where Warehouse 13 is
You've yet to show that any of the points I raised were unreasonable or invalid Princess. Rather than comment specifically on them, you've just offered 'yeah but'.
In your opinion. Simply because they match your narrow view, you lay more store on individual events rather than examples of qualified people investigating the wider issues, and you're not actually countering any points made.
Would the bicycles go better if they had winter tyres on? More grip? As I run off and hide behind a wall of helmets.
In an accident on a bike involving your head, would wearing a helmet statistically improve your chances of a non fatal head injury? The answer is yes it statistically improves your chances. Real life examples have been posted by myself and others. There’s also statistical evidence to support that in countries that made wearing a cycling helmet compulsory. I posted an article from Australia further up. Whether or not you want to wear a helmet. I really don’t care, I’ll wear one on the basis that drivers are unpredictable and generally not very good and if I’m involved in an accident with a car my chances are statistically better as I’m wearing a helmet. It’s really very straight forward.
