Sorry, that summary is not correct: They didn't study if *wearing a helmet* had an impact on injury rates but if *helmet legislation* did so. Two quite different things. Link to the actual study: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/11/e008052.full.pdf+html
Harald. On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 3:16 PM S. Morris Rose via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > Well-known Canadian cycling safety researchers have published a new report > that looks at various injury rate parameters across Canadian jurisdictions > that differ in mandatory helmet law regulations. This brief article is a > decent summary of the findings: > > > http://qz.com/544089/heres-a-way-to-reduce-bike-accidents-ride-like-a-woman/ > > One takeaway is that wearing a helmet wasn't detected to have a > significant impact on hospitalization rates. Another is that biking while > female is a great way to reduce your injury rate. (I was once politely and > privately and justly corrected for using the term "cry like a little girl" > in a bikies post. But may I be forgiven suggesting that we "cycle like a > little girl"? Nah, didn't think so.) > > -- > S. Rose > Think diffident. > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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