In addition to this, I read somewhere that the actual risk involved with cycling (ie risks where a resulting injury would be stopped if you wore a helmet) is really really low, in some circumstances so low that wearing a helmet is similar to just wearing one for walking to the shops. So:
I don’t know about that - I think the risk of falling onto your head at speed is likely to be higher when on a bike, sharing road space with motor vehicles, than when walking on the pavement.
Loads of pedestrians and car passengers would stay alive and suffer lesser injuries, if they were wearing helmets. But you don’t see people talking about why they’re not wearing helmets.
I recall the thread well, but aside from posting a couple of additional sources of information I was unable to really take part sadly Shame, as there were some top,top debating skills on offer throughout…