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On 04/08/2011 10:24, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: > On 04/08/2011 06:34, Derek C wrote: >> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boy-cyclist-dies-after-collision-with-a-deer-2330731.html > >> A 15-year-old has died after he collided with a deer while cycling >> with friends along a country lane. > > >> Ben Madden suffered serious head injuries when he was thrown off his >> bike after the animal ran out in front of him in Elloughton Dale, in >> East Yorkshire, last week. It is believed the deer had clipped the >> wheel of his cycle. Witnesses said he was not wearing a helmet. > >> His friends and a passing motorist tried to help him and called >> paramedics on July 26. The teenager, from Brough, was taken to Hull >> Royal Infirmary but he did not recover. Police confirmed he died on >> Sunday. > >> A Humberside police spokeswoman said: "We are putting a file >> together for the coroner and an inquest will open in due course." > > 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.

Yes but why do you wear a helmet when you claim that they don't improve safety?