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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!h11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <391a34d7-90db-45a6-b135-ca14669b83c9@h11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Knockin' Noggins Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 04:44:04 -0700 (PDT) References:     Lines: 15 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.251.27 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1243079044 21514 127.0.0.1 (23 May 2009 11:44:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 11:44:04 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: h11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.251.27; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2028 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:703304

On May 15, 11:40=A0am, "Budstaff"  wrote: > > Leaving aside the controversy over whether helmet-wearing in children giv= es > any health benefit to them

There's no real controversy. The figures from countries with helmet laws speak for themselves. The *only* reason for this "cyclists shouldn't wear helmets" nonsense stems from the ludicrous idea that no laws or restrictions should ever apply to cyclists, due to their using a "morally superior" form of transport. Those who perpetrate such nonsense show their true motives by, for example, instructing their children to use cycle helmets. What more of an admission could there be that such idiots know really that helmets do help?