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Re:Bicycle helmets haven't changed since their introduction by ajross on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @03:49PM (#5901570)
Cite for the "bike helmets are ineffective" assertion? It's belied by the statistics in the linked article, among other things like fairly straightforward intuition...
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Re:Bicycle helmets haven't changed since their introduction by pessimizer on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @03:51PM (#5901588)
http://www.cyclehelmets.org/

>fairly straightforward intuition

Ignore this when thinking about statistics.

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Re:Bicycle helmets haven't changed since their introduction by jessaustin on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @01:40PM (#5906961)
TFA: "More helmet laws had come into effect, but head injuries didn't go down at all."
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