> > I'm a physician and have never heard anyone advocate that > wearing a helmet should increase the risk of damage in an accident. > > This sounds rather similar to the very feeble arguments one > hear from car drivers that hate using the seat belt. > The psychology here is very simple, some people are too weak > to accept the fact that what they do are inherently dangerous. > > There are also the motorcycle gangs that do not like what the > mandatory helmet does to their beloved manlyhood. > In fact, some claim that their dandruff becomes lethal if > they have to wear a helmet. > > Take care, > Bertil
Perhaps you and the physicians from the British Medical Association, who wish to make it compulsory to wear a helmet while cycling in Britain, should make the effort to look for counter-arguments to your own. The risks associated with wearing a cycle helmet are well established. The medical profession could perhaps also stop make pronouncements on matters which are nothing to do with them, such as making things compulsory for adults, rather than leaving it to the adults' own judgement, or lack thereof. The medical profession thinks it has some sort of right to force people to do things for their own good such as wear protective equipment, or stop boxing, but they are unable to produce any convincing reason why they, rather than florists for example, have that right. Ergo, they should stick to providing us with unbiased information, and to patching us up when required to do so, and let us make our own informed decisions about the risks we take or avoid. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
