[Closed] Helmets should be compulsory

ghostlymachine - Member

anyone with a high enough IQ to be covered by that would know that a helmet won't protect against brain injury. They simply aren't designed to

Absolute [u]shite[/u].

You know I'm right because I underlined it.

you forgot to put FACT at the end though

There's a lot of confusion here.

Yes: helmets can reduce the severity of some crashes. They are not a magic cure-all. They are designed to withstand low-speed crashes (the standard test drops them from a height of 2m onto the ground).

http://www.bhsi.org/testing.htm

So if that's what your crash involves, it could help.

But that's *not* what this is about, which is whether they should be compulsory. The answer to that appears to be *no* because the large number of people who don't take up cycling, and so suffer ill health as a result, more than outweighs the small number of people who are injured by low-speed bike crashes involving their head.

That's probably too complicated for most people, I expect most of you gave up reading at the first sentence, so everyone should carry on talking utter tosh for the next few pages.