Re: [CR] Helmets - Please

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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:21:11 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: ed <bratt@sasktel.net>
Cc: harryschwartzman@yahoo.com, CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Helmets - Please


2009/4/3 ed <bratt@sasktel.net>:
> Harry:
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> If doctors are so darned concerned about the public pocketbook, why do th ey
> concentrate their efforts on minor areas like bicycle injuries?  Are th eir
> not more head injuries among automobile and truck drivers than among
> cyclists?  Then who better needs a helmet law?

Agreed. If you're driving your car without a safety helmet you are taking a huge unnecessary risk of head injury and probably shouldn't be lecturing bicyclists who ride helmetless.

Kurt Sperry (who always rides with a helmet)
Bellingham, Washington
USA