According to the Pituitary Society<http://www.springerlink.com/content/6213461j004054m1/>, the causes of traumatic brain injury are:
39% Firearms 34% Vehicle Accidents 10% Falls 17% Other According to the national Brain Injury Association <http://www.biausa.org/>, the leading causes of brain injury, in order of prevalence are: 50% Motor vehicle crashes 21% Falls 12% Firearms 10% Sports/Recreation 07% Other According to the CDC <http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/causes.html>, the breakdown is: 35.2% Falls 17% Motor Vehicle 16% Colliding with moving or stationary object 10% Assault 21% Other On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:03:30 PM UTC-4, David G wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 07:53 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: >> >> > One doesn't spend much time worrying about head protection while >> > walking. >> >> Falls while walking seldom involve a head injury. >> >> > > I think Steve makes a good point here. It would be silly to wear a helmet > while walking or running because something very odd would have to happen > for a healthy alert person to sustain a head injury while engaging in those > activities. But it seems to me that spirited bicycle riding in the > conventional position which involves bending at the waist and leaning > forward with the head leading the center of gravity does make non-trivial > head impact more likely in a crash. > > Like Steve and others, I have had a good number of head-ringing and > helmet-destroying crashes over the years. Some of these crashes involved > risky activities like Cat 3 bike racing but others happened while "just > riding along" solo. Due to these experiences, and because I enjoy riding my > bikes fast, I almost always wear a helmet. But I do agree that riding a > bike in a mellow way -- e.g., pedaling to the local coffee shop -- is a > pretty safe activity that does not mandate wearing a helmet. > > Another thought -- perhaps riding a Dutch-style city bike bolt upright > lessens the risk of going over the handlebars and landing on one's head? If > so, that is another reason why I should get a Bullmoose Bosco bar to > further differentiate my city bike from my rando and racing-style go-fast > bikes. I kind of like the idea of a designated bike for mellow helmetless > riding. > > - David G in SF > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/qHXyNEbt4ZYJ. 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.
