"JNugent" wrote in message
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burtthebike wrote:

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Excellent cycling article in yesterday's Mail on Sunday.

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/health...hin-Jones.html

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Simon Mason

Not a bad article, but completely let down by "And never go out without a
helmet."

It's unbelievable in this day and age, with all the available reliable
evidence demonstrating irrefutably that helmets have no effect on the
death rate of cyclists, they only depress the numbers of cyclists. And
me.

Is the "death rate of cyclists" (whatever it may be) the only important
statistic, then?

No, but as the only reliable indicator of effectiveness, it is certainly the
most important. It's also the measure by which helmet proponents wish to be
used, as they all claim that helmets prevent death.