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Sorry, 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 t
by kristofferR 10y ago
Sorry, 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.