>They believe that the increased use of bike helmets may have had an
>unintended consequence:
>that cyclists when wearing helmets take more risks.
Interesting concept. Expanding the idea further, I have often
wondered if injuries/accidents occur in a number of sporting
activities due to the thought process of "I can't be hurt now that
I am wearing all this protective gear".
There has been the (dare I mention his name?) Don Cherry school of
thought that hockey injuries related to sticks have increased since
the mandatory use of helmets. I would think that American-style
football injuries are much higher than that of rugby where no
protective gear is worn. And on a personal level (showing my age here)
I can recall that wearing a full-face shield helmet while riding a
motorcycle gave one a more "closed-in" safe feeling than the days when
helmets were an option but not the law.
... Paul L.
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