Just finished looking at cyclehelmets.org, a site which claims that wearing a helmet while cycling does not reduce the chance of serious head injury. Hmmm - despite the "scientific" claims and expert opinions, there is rather biased and distinctly non-scientific analyses of their data sources. "Helmets don't work" is obviously a preconceived idea.
As always with such matters, the truth is not entirely clear - but I have a simple approach. Dear cyclehelmets.org oh-so-clever engineer, put on a helmet and get a friend to hit you increasingly hard on the head with a baseball bat until the blows on your helmet are "uncomfortable." Now take it off and let him hit you directly on the skull. Now look at your helmet - I bet there will be no sign of your engineer's "compression." What does this prove? Your website is flawed, so for me ... I'm wearing a helmet.
No comments:
Post a Comment