Posts Tagged ‘ helmets ’

I’m not a big fan of cycle helmets. But I also recognise that wearing one may sometimes be beneficial. Here’s my pro- and con- lists: On The Plus Side Might prevent head injury from a low speed fall or impact Keeps my head warm when it’s cold - once the vents fill with snow Some shyster lawyer may...
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Irony of ironies - on the day that I had to drive to work, Daughter rode to school, and left the house at the same time as me: If you’re the kind of person who notices these things, you’ll probably notice the helmet. She first rode to school a few weeks ago, and got a...
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Last week we had this on the front page of The Independant: On the same day that this article was published, we had the Great AA Helmet Handout: On the subject of helmets, and whether or not they protect you, I read this on the same day: The result of all this Cult of Fear? This via...
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This comes via Carlton Reid’s guest piece about bicycle helmets on the RoSPA site (<= Serious Link - worth reading!) today: Carlton’s point in using this video to demonstrate that in most low speed crashes, people’s heads don’t hit the deck. My point is that this is probably one of the funniest videos I’ve seen...
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