I seem to remember reading about a study that showed that bicycle helmets have done little to change fatality rates. I don't know whether non-fatal injuries were studied as well. On Jul 29, 2011 7:57 AM, "danny burstein" <[email protected]> wrote: > [NY Mag] > > If you've ever seen Anderson Cooper biking around town — and if you live
> downtown you may have (he's like Michael Musto with that thing) — you > probably aren't surprised to hear that he does it without wearing a > helmet. That's not that uncommon, although I might argue that if he wanted > fewer people to recognize him, covering up that silver shock of hair might > help. But now the CNN host has immortalized this habit in a commercial for > his upcoming talk show, Anderson. "I ride my bike all around the city," he > says as he whizzes ahead of cars. "It's definitely a little dangerous > sometimes, but it's the best way to beat the traffic." (There's at least > one way to make it less dangerous, dude.) > ---- > rest: > http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/07/anderson_cooper_rides_his_bike.html > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > [email protected] > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
