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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!reader02.news.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4e335405$0$2943$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Doctors against helmet compulsion Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:44:53 +0100 References:   <99gl1iFedvU1@mid.individual.net>  Lines: 17 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 716f71e4.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=7d7Ho:?PU_BeI3m:Khi9dJYjZGX^207PK`@HC;oBIFYkG^eGIZkchF\>4O;OWA;UD X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 2017 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:848218

On 29/07/2011 22:53, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: > > I have been told by a doctor after a crash that I "must" start wearing a > helmet or stop cycling. This despite the fact that I showed no signs or > symptoms of any lasting damage to my head after said crash. I am > completely certain that had I been wearing one I'd have been solemnly > assured that it saved my life.

Yet again, we get deceit from Chapman: he *implies* above that he didn't take the doctor's advice and that he didn't start wearing a helmet, but actually, he *did* start wearing a helmet, and still does to this day.

His "arguments" against helmet use should be considered in this light. It's a disgrace that he is so quick to tell lies and half-truths about a subject as important as road safety. This isn't the only example: he claims to think that speed cameras save lives despite knowing that the opposite is the case.