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A comment on All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed (2011). Parent comment

Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by jdietrich on Friday May 11, 2018 @09:15AM (#17047054)
The evidence is very mixed. Wearing a helmet does significantly reduce the risk of head injury in a crash, but riders who wear helmets appear to be at significantly higher risk of crashing. This may simply be selection bias (frequent cyclists engaged in risky types of riding are more likely to wear helmets) or it may represent risk-compensation by cyclists or other road users.

http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1052.html

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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by sjg007 on Friday May 11, 2018 @10:55AM (#17047702)
The evidence is clear: https://helmets.org/stats.htm
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by krageon on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:56AM (#17065025)
This is for the US, the country that appears to be almost fanatically opposed to making safe cycling paths. Of course you're going to have more terrible accidents then (with or without a helmet).
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by pudebe on Sunday May 13, 2018 @03:14AM (#17057727)
Perhaps people who wear helmets are generally more careful so there are less severe accidents - still : impressive numbers
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