Might be more suited to the sports forum, but I'll get more of a response here I think. I see about 20 cyclists a day - not a single one of them wears a helmet. Has there been some research done since I was a child which says "don't wear a helmet"? Because when I was young, it was always "wear a helmet". Yet nobody wears them. Can anyone shed any light on this?
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- Thread starter jamief
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I'm well aware its not the law, but is it not completely retarded? I mean, if you come off your bike (you will, eventually), there is nothing between your head and a car or the road. I know someone who fell off their bike when they were 12 and hit their head on the kerb, they are brain damaged as a result. Apparently a standard helmet would have meant no brain damage.
Never quite got the whole "not cool" thing. I'd rather people thought I looked like a bit of a dick with a helmet on, rather than spend the next 40 years zipping around in a wheelchair whilst I dribble on myself due to brain damage, but maybe that's just me!
Thing is, maybe it's because I'm a driver first and a cyclist second, I know what would happen if I hit a cyclist. I think a lot of cyclists have never driven, so they don't realise the danger they are in.
I've got a FN2 Civic TypeR mate.
Would you still be saying that if you had hit your head? Don't think you'd find it annoying if it saved your life!
Broken arms heal, broken legs heal, broken skulls often dont'.
otentially save life. I cannot understand why someone would choose not to wear one.I don't think you've quite got this logic lark. You could quite easily drive a car around with no seatbelt on and never get injured. Doesn't mean it's a sensible thing to do.