Interesting reading Leo. However I'm not sure anything in there suggests there is no benefit to wearing a helmet. All I got from it was that making it mandatory dissuaded a lot of people from cycling and that there is just as much of an argument to make for a motorist wearing a helmet. I didn't see anything in there suggesting cyclists are as well off not wearing a helmet as those who do. I don't really put much stock in the Bath report as this is a very small sample of data and tbh is not very scientific evidence.See this on the conclusions on the Australian legislation. This site links a lot of research published internationally, but a quick google will throw up hundreds of links, with lots of conflicting conclusions. An interesting line from the NCBI report states that cyclists and motor vehicle occupants have a similar risk of dying from head injury per hour. That would suggest anyone thinking cyclists should wear helmets should also support vehicle occupants doing likewise.
I haven't seen any research that would prove mandating helmets results in riskier behaviour. That would be very difficult to measure, and there are likely too many factors involved/ For example mandating helmets might discourage a disproportionate amount of conservative, risk-averse cyclists, and so the risk-tolerance levels of the remaining cyclist population would rise and individually, they are more likely to do something stupid like the behaviour or the cyclist in the OP. Bath University published a [broken link removed] finding that helmet wearing cyclists are more likely to be hit by passing traffic, so they suggest the wearing of a helmet also affects the behaviour of other road users around the cyclists.
I use Dublin Bikes a lot and it would defeat the purpose if I need to carry a helmet around with me on the off chance I will use one in any given day.I don't cycle much but I am baffled why people don't wear helmets...the downside is just too great.
That's a tough one alright. Maybe one of those rugby scrum-caps that you could keep in your pocket?I use Dublin Bikes a lot and it would defeat the purpose if I need to carry a helmet around with me on the off chance I will use one in any given day.
You could always use an inflatable one.That's a tough one alright. Maybe one of those rugby scrum-caps that you could keep in your pocket?
https://www.ecohelmet.com/That's a tough one alright. Maybe one of those rugby scrum-caps that you could keep in your pocket?
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