On Oct 2, 2012, at 12:03 PM, David Yu Greenblatt <david.yu.greenbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> 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. Perhaps it would seem that way but the facts are otherwise. The Minnesota Department of Health report a few years ago found that pedestrian brain injuries far exceeded bike related brain injuries. So did brain injuries from motor vehicle accidents, falls at home, assaults, gunshot wounds, suicide attempts, strokes and heart attacks, etc. Interestingly there were fewer brain injuries for cyclists riding on the streets than riding on bike paths and trails. Bicycling is safe. The general perception of bicycling now is that it is a brain injury waiting to happen. I am old enough to well remember when that public perception changed: when plastic bike helmets hit the market ca. 1975. Bicycling! Magazine led the charge. It's a great example of a meme. -- 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.
