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On 04/08/2011 13:07, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: > On 04/08/2011 12:50, Zapp Brannigan wrote: >> Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: >>> On 04/08/2011 06:34, Derek C wrote: > >>>> Ben Madden suffered serious head injuries... Witnesses said he >>>> was not wearing a helmet. > >>> No doubt you will be advocating that all new bicycles pass the >>> "moose crash test" . If >>> only one life can be saved... >>> >>> Actually what he needed was a cushion on his seat. That reduces >>> crash energy, you know. > >> You are strikingly flippant about the death of this child. A decent >> helmet would've likely saved his life, and spared his family a >> tragedy which no parent should have to suffer. > > Here is the number of cases in the UK, to the best of my knowledge and > that of two expert witnesses acting in such cases, where a court has > found that wearing a helmet would have materially affected the outcome > of a bicycle crash: zero.

Why do you wear a helmet then?