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 (ed_blakeley@my-dejanews.com) writes:
>   What useless drivel. Where are all the statistics on how a helmet prevented
> a hospital visit, or concussion? 

You'd be more convincing if you posted the statistics yourself.

.... of course perhaps you've read the answers to question 13 on helmet FAQ

     (http://www.globalx.net/ocbc/hfaq.html) 

and found out there is none to support your rose-tinted view of the
world, from Australia or New Zealand despite massive increases in helmet
use in those countries too. 

> It is safe to say that any impact that would
> kill a cyclist would not be prevented by a little hat. So this study is
> meaningless. A helmet is not designed to prevent fatalities, rather, reduce
> injuries.

What a revelation! You've convinced me.

Now go convince the folks who believe it, like Randy Swart of BHSI who got
sucked in by, and ran, the hoax about an ambulance driver who posed as a
physician on Swedish TV and claimed all 67 Swedish cyclists who died in
accidents the year before would have lived had they been wearing helmets.
That was reported as fact (and may still be there) on the busiest helmet
site on the web.

Convince the folks who lobby for MHL. 

Convince Jeffrey Sacks and partners who authored the widely repeated quote
from the Journal of the American Medical Association "universal use of
helmets by all bicyclists could have prevented as many as 2500 deaths from
1984-1988" (85% of all head injury fatalities).

Now go away, sonny. You've got some homework to do.

> 
> Troll!
> 
> -ed
> 
> In article <76uguk$r2s@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
>   ab833@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Avery Burdett) wrote:
>>
>> An analysis of road user group fatalities over the period 1975 to
>> 1997 has failed to detect any effect of bicycle helmet use in Canada.
>> Despite the increase in helmet wearing, partly resulting from mandatory
>> helmet legislation in Ontario (children), British Columbia and Nove
>> Scotia, the rate of reduction in cyclist fatalities closely matches
>> the prevailing trend for pedestrians, the other vulnerable road user
>> group. (The decline in cyclist fatalities has actually been slower
>> than the decline in pedestrian fatalities.)
>>
>> Programs aimed at improving motorist behaviour have been effective in
>> reducing fatalities among all user groups. Evidence points to the need
>> for improvement in cyclist behaviour and enforcement of night time bicycle
>> lighting equipment requirements.
>>
>> Charts, stats and references at:
>>
>>    <http://www.globalx.net/ocbc/fatals.html>
>>
>> Source data from Transport Canada
>>
>> The Ontario Coalition for Better Cycling is dedicated to the promotion
>> of vehicular cycling and the defence of cyclist rights.
>> --
>> Avery Burdett
>> Ottawa, Ontario
>>
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