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It's the most common sports related head injury by a wide margin and helmets are quite effective at injury reduction.[1] As a public health policy it makes a lo

• lmm 4mo ago
  > It's the most common sports related head injury by a wide margin Interesting, but we're not talking about sport cycling, we're talking about ordinary commuting. > helmets are quite effective at injury reduction.[1] Your citation provides no support for your claim. > Anecdotally I've flown over my handlebars and hit my helmet without serious injury, and I'm sure I would have been in much worse shape otherwise. This is why we don't make public policy on the basis of anecdotes. > On cars the law requires seat belts and airbags and a variety of other legally enforced safety measures. All of which are a lot less unpleasant at the point of use than helmets. > If you have a study suggesting that helmets would significantly help I'd be curious to see it. The rates of head injury are comparable (something like a factor of 4 difference), head injuries are very common in car collisions, helmets are already routinely used in motor racing. The evidence is no weaker than that for bicycle helmet use.