I think that what Grant is driving at is that while seatbelts and other safety improvements have gone a long way to save lives helmet technology simply has not advanced that far and is being applied as a panacea to tell people they are "safer" when in fact they are probably not. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/1999/jun/15/healthandwellbeing.health1
Like I have said, I wear one but I also ride cautiously, I have a family that needs me at home so they can annoy me about how I ride too much.... On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 12:47 -0700, Jim Cloud wrote: > > > > I also don't agree with Grant that wearing a helmet necessarily > > promotes a riskier still of riding. I've ridden both without a helmet > > and with a helmet, and I don't believe that my riding style changes > > one iota. > > Were the "safety equipment begets riskier activity" argument true, when > we look back on driving cars in the 1950s -- back in the days of > spear-you-through-the-chest steering columns and steel dashboards with > big knobs that would smash your skull and no seatbelts so you'd go > flying through the windshield or into the dashboard or get impaled on > the steering column -- you would expect to see safer driving habits than > you see now. And those of us who were there can tell you with > authority, there was no such thing. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
