Not another helmet debate
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Not another helmet debate
Postby snark » Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:46 am
Just for the record, I agree with the story. I'll be wearing a lid regardless.
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby goodlookingcyclist » Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:57 am
I stopped reading after :snark wrote:I've managed to avoid the helmet debates here, but thought this story in The Age was an interesting read.
Just for the record, I agree with the story. I'll be wearing a lid regardless.
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby goodlookingcyclist » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:38 pm
Good to hear, because wearing helmets for personal safety and forcing people to wear them are two different things.Oxford wrote:I'm an advocate of wearing helmets, but I will also admit that I am now an advocate of repealing the helmet laws.
But often when the MHL is mentioned people assume that is because wearing a helmet is a good thing.
That may* be, but forcing people to wear one is not a good thing.
* like it or not, the safety of these helmets is debatable, there is no clear proof it is safer, and no clear proof it isn't.
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby sogood » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:55 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby goodlookingcyclist » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:58 pm
yep, better lock this thread before it get out of hand.sogood wrote:I note that this thread has already started to gravitate towards a generic helmet law toss up from the 3rd post. You guys are hopeless for the lack of fresh angles on the subject! Lack of original thinking will get you nowhere...
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby Aushiker » Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:49 pm
Saw the article (it is syndicated across the Fairfax press) earlier this morning and I agree with the sentiments expressed in the article. I guess I simply value my brain and my life to bother to argue about it .... dead or in rehab makes it all too late.
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby Chanboy » Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:39 pm
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby TheSkyMovesSideways » Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:09 pm
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:05 pm
You've all heard my opinion on this before, as a rider and as a forum mod. Not wasting keystrokes when nothing's changed on either side.
[mod helmet]More to do than this. If anyone gets upset, hit the report button and I'll worry about it then. I'm outta here.[/mod helmet]
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby human909 » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:18 pm
In that case I vote get rid of MHL and introduce mandatory air bags on all bikes!sogood wrote:I note that this thread has already started to gravitate towards a generic helmet law toss up from the 3rd post. You guys are hopeless for the lack of fresh angles on the subject! Lack of original thinking will get you nowhere...
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby Comedian » Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:22 pm
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Re: Not another helmet debate
Postby il padrone » Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:49 am
Ouch! I did something like this back in 2001.... much smaller mound but going rather faster! Massive nose-wheelie followed by faceplant. Unconscious for 5-10 mins and broken wrist that is still giving me grief.
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