Recumbent Accident Rates?

On 5/5/2011 6:24 PM, Tom Lake wrote:
On Thu, 05 May 2011 18:07:45 -0500, in rec.bicycles.tech Tºm Shermªn™
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Studies have shown that motorists pass closer to lidded cyclists than
those riding sans foam bicycle hat. Dr. Mengele, where art thou? As history
shows, the "obvious" can be scientifically wrong. The answer is obvious to anyone
who is rational and has bothered to study the issue - bicycle foam
hats provide bump and scrape protection, but do not significantly reduce
serious brain injuries and deaths. Why boast of your ignorance?


Well, again, there simply aren't any data to support that. There
aren't any to support that helmets *do* reduce closed head trauma,
either because the research design, as you pointed out, does not allow
such a conclusion.

And of course "studies" have shown is not true. It's "study" not
"studies" and calling it a "study" is a huge stretch. And even if it is
actually true, and there's no evidence of it, the "study" did NOT show
any increase in the accident rate by motorists passing closer.

It has been my experience that the best way to "prove" something is to
find what the person really believes to be true. Remember the
"proven" weapons of mass destruction in Iraq back in 2002... what ever
happened to them?

Sadly, "following the tribe" has replaced analyzing evidence, and this
is very much the case with the AHZs.