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No. As said below, it just doesn't provide a sound number for comparison is all. As far as your IM...

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Dec 22 '08, 15:25

That's where you and I will have to disagree. I don't subscribe to the "If it saves just one life, it must be worth it," school of thought. That's how we end up with a lot of nuisance changes that doesn't always make a lot of sense when compared to the risk.

(Think third base coaches wearing helmets now as a good kneejerk reaction to a fluke accident.)

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it really soumds like - loosilu Dec 22, 15:29 8
- Evidence of what Loosi? That a helmet can prevent a head injury? Sure. I've never argued against that. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 15:33 7
  - you actually did - loosilu Dec 22, 15:37 1
    - Which post? (Because you shouldn't confuse the criticism of the 95% number as a criticism of helmets themselves.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 15:50
  - You'll need to prove to me that the cost of a bike helmet law is more worth it than a few hundred preventable dead kids. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 15:35 4
    - Really? So you favour helmets for toboggans? Skating? Skiing? Climbing trees? Tree houses? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 15:42 3
      - You show me where you're looking at 800 people dying a year (a fair bit of them likely preventable) from those activities, I'll look into it. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 15:54 2
        
        No barb wire scars on me. (That's Walt.) Statistically, I'd bet it's not all that unconsistent with those other activities. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 15:59 1
        
        Here's an interesting fact sheet: (Like, did we know that baseball has the highest fatality rate amongst sports?) -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 16:01

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