06-17-2004, 08:33 AM
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"Frank Krygowski" <frkrygow@mousepotato.com> wrote in message
news:40d12f21@news.ysu.edu...
> patrick wrote:
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> > I know, I know. this has been hashed to hell and back,
> > but I figured some of you might actually want to read
> > real research.
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> There has been plenty of "real research" cited on this topic.
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> For example, you might visit http://www.cyclehelmets.org and track down
> some of the cited articles. Regarding the effect of helmet use on
> fatalities, you can visit http://www.cyclehelmets.org/mf.html#1012 and
> see citations at the page bottom.
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> Another source is the Vehicular Cyclist site, at
> http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc/ with it's "Helmet FAQ." There are lots of
> citations listed there, too.
>
> Both of those are helmet skeptic sites. To be fair, I must also point
> you to the rabidly pro-helmet "Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute",
> www.bhsi.org This "institute" (named Randy Swart) is working to make
> it illegal for anyone of any age to ride a bike at any time without a
> helmet. I quote: "The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute supports
> carefully drawn mandatory helmet laws covering all age groups."
>
> Be aware that there is _very_ serious discussion taking place in many
> scholarly publications regarding the effectiveness of helmets. In
> general, we seem to have the public (under the influence of heavy
> promotion) believing that helmets are a godsend. Meanwhile, competent
> statisticians who examine the actual data are much, much more skeptical
> of both the supposed benefit, and the supposed need.
>
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> Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
> replace with cc.ysu dot edu]
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