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Re:Is It O.K. to Kill Cyclists? by busterarm on Saturday November 09, 2013 @06:00PM (#6703924)
This. I saw a bus mirror actually catch a guy's helmet and pick him up off his bike by his head, hauling him down the street.

Had he not been wearing a helmet, that never would have happened.

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Re:Is It O.K. to Kill Cyclists? by fallinghawks on Saturday November 09, 2013 @09:47PM (#6704909)
I hope you aren't saying that seriously. If those vehicles caught bicyclists in the helmet, they were both just too close to the cyclists. What if the cyclist swerved an inch to avoid a rock in the road, or even simply turned his/her head to look at something? Yeah, whamo.
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Re:Is It O.K. to Kill Cyclists? by brianobush on Sunday November 10, 2013 @12:36AM (#6705392)
Thus everyone should avoid helmets! They can kill. Seriously: Outliers do not describe a population.
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