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    That would depend on what severity each non-helmutted and helmutted (is 
that a word?)  accident was being compared with..
If a helmut was thrown off a cliff for example and you compare that to 
falling off a tricycle I do not think so.
not enough information DD
    it seems like a cat and mouse game here in Surrey
Too many stupid drivers on the road for me to feel safe enough without a 
helmut.  I have class 4, 5, and 6 licences by the way and have been riding 
since I was 8.      Prefer pedaling over driving for  life.
    Besides I can dress it up and model it for them too. : )

"DiscoDuck" <fornewsgroups@shaw.ca> wrote in message 
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> from: http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc/
>
> Brian Walker of Head Protection Evaluations, the principal UK test
> laboratory for helmets, says that medical case studies commonly quoted
> as evidence for the effectiveness of cycle helmets arrive at erroneous
> conclusions. His views are expressed on the website of the Bicycle
> Helmet Research Foundation. Walker also authored an article "Heads Up"
> for Cycle Magazine, the bi-monthly journal of CTC, the UK's national
> cyclists' organisation.
>
> In both opinion pieces, Walker describes a court case in which he
> appeared as an expert witness. Apparently, a lawyer had repeatedly
> tried to persuade three neurosurgeons to state that one must be safer
> wearing a helmet than would be the case if one were not. All three
> disagreed, claiming that they had seen severe brain damage and fatal
> injury both with and without cycle helmets being worn. The judge
> accepted the views of the neurosurgeons in handing down his ruling.
>
> Also on the Bicycle Helmet Research Foundation website are links to
> four reports that find little evidence of the effectiveness of helmets.
>