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That is very unclear. Some studies suggest it isn't, but a recent metastudy reached very different conclusions [1]: > Bicycle helmet use was associated with re
by jgraham 10y ago
That is very unclear. Some studies suggest it isn't, but a recent metastudy reached very different conclusions [1]:
> Bicycle helmet use was associated with reduced odds of head injury, serious head injury, facial injury and fatal head injury. The reduction was greater for serious or fatal head injury. Neck injury was rare and not associated with helmet use.
[1] http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/09/06/ije.dyw153.abstract http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/09/06/ije.d...
- kristofferR 10y agoSorry, I should have been more clear. That helmets protect the head in a crash pretty obvious, and that metastudy seems to confirm it. What I had in mind was that helmet users tend to risk-compensate, taking more risks in traffic.
- nbouscal 10y agoIn the majority of cases, risk compensation leads to a decrease in expected benefit of legislation, but does not eliminate the benefit. (At least, that's the message I came away with from reading Foolproof.)
- walshemj 10y agois there any real evidence to back this up - they used to say the same/similar things about seatbelts.