Bonefishblues wrote:Hit 'em with facts. Even a helmet can't protect against those. Sidelining/navigating's all well and good, but a Headway rep found his way onto the Stephen Nolan Shop a couple of weeks ago, unopposed, to spout the most errant nonsense as fact.
This is the big issue, the sneak attacks.
I was at a training day and a young lad made the error of cycling in..... without a helmet
The tutor had a right go at him over the coffee break, and I could not resist siding with him.
When asked what her evidence was, she "had worked in Casualty"
She hadn't heard of Rivara and Thompson, she wasn't aware that pedestrians suffer more head injuries, she wasn't aware that helmets could cause injury, that helmets are only tested to low speeds, nor provide any evidence to support her harangue.. it all boiled down to "you will die unless you wear one so it is common sense".
The biggest irony was that the study day, and her subject.......
Evidence Based Practice"