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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Go to Google. Click on "more." Click on "scholar." Enter MOTORCYCLE HELMET,
without quotes. As of 10 minutes ago there were 994 references, and some of
the first ones I saw were PubMed/Medline references, pointing to
peer-reviewed articles in major medical publications, supported by
statistics, not anecdotes.

Then show this to the ABATE guys. We have a big ABATE guy in my town. You
could drag him kicking and screaming to this data, and it wouldn't change
his mind. He "knows" the facts, and he isn't going to let the facts get in
his way.

The problem is that it is not good enough to compare hospital data, you
need to look at the total risk and factor in the non-helmet wearers who
don't have accidents. This data is simply not availiable. Non-helmet
wearers have a large incentive to drive safer.

Anecdotally, I have never worn a motorcycle helmet and have only had one
bad accident on a motorcycle. Bad enough the doctor told my mother to
buy a coffin since I wouldn't live to morning. Broke both legs and one
wrist and had NO head injuries, was in the hospital almost 2 months.

Also, at one place I worked a man was wearing an approved safety helmet
when a piece of ice fell on his helmet and broke his neck and killed him.

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