Bill Shatzer wrote:
Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:

Paul Berg wrote:

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The cyclists, 25-year-old Ben Ramsdell and 41-year-old Timothy Mastne,
were taken to OHSU. Their injuries were not life-threatening.
Neither cyclist was wearing a helmet.

Why is h*lm*t non-use always reported, when a foam bicycle hat
provides little more than bump and scrape protection?


They seem effective in reducing serious head injuries by up to 85%.

http://tinyurl.com/yqk6xl

Thompson, Rivara, Thompson has been discredited for a long time, unless
one believes that bicycle h*lm*ts reduce 85% of NON-HEAD injuries also.

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