Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws

[GoneOffShore]

60. Here's the risk

Was talking to a friend about this thread today -
He told me a story about a guy he used to know who taught photography. Great photographer, great teacher, well loved by his wife, his students. Riding his bike across campus without a helmet at 5 mph, hit a bumpy patch of pavement and went down. Hit his head.

He no longer can teach. He lives with his parents. He no longer can take photos because he can't remember how to operate a camera. He can't hold a conversation. His memory is so short term he won't remember how he started a sentence.

2,500 hours riding a bike with no crashes? I do believe you, but just like with hard drives, it's not a matter of if but when.

http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/facts/crash-facts.cfm

In 2009 the average age of bicyclists killed in crashes with motor vehicles was 41 years, up from 32 years in 1998, and 24 in 1988.
87 percent of those killed were male.
64 percent of those killed were between the ages of 25 and 64; 13 percent of those killed in 2008 were under age 16, down from 30 percent of those killed in 1998.
The average age of bicyclists injured in crashes with motor vehicles was 31 years, up from 24 years in 1998.
80 percent of those injured were male.
51 percent of those injured were between the ages of 25 and 64; 20 percent of those injured were under age 16.