RG> when it can be dicarded. There is this belief that 
 RG> wearing a helmet makes one invincible to head 
 RG> injury and not wearing one will result in being 
 RG> involved in an accident. Learning about road 
 
How true.  Especially among children, I've seen this "invincible" feeling 
fostered by the helmet.  A lot of kids have ended up as road pizza in this 
state (Washington) recently.
 
 RG> wearing helmets. For years people road bikes 
 RG> without helmets and it took until the 80s and 90s 
 RG> for helmet companies to cash in on this politically 
 RG> correct device. Has head injuries been reduced 
 
And in most places in the world, where bicycles far outnumber automobiles, 
helmets are not worn.
 
 RG> dramatically since then? For any State or province 
 RG> to make it mandetory for the sake of being 
 RG> politically correct is wrong. Helmets are believed 
 
Money from the insurance, automobile, and oil industries is spent lobbying 
for these laws.  If you can enforce the view that bicycling is a recreational 
sport that requires "sports" type equipment, you can help ensure that 
bicycling will never be seen as a viable mode of public transportation.  Got 
to keep the oil pumping and a the soot billowing.
 
 RG> politically correct is wrong. Helmets are believed 
 RG> to be 100% in stopping head injuries, wrong again. 
 RG> They are just the quick fix.
 
If the car manufacturers have their way, spandex, lycra, and gortex clothing 
will also be mandatory.  Politically correct, and politics as usual.
--- Maximus 2.02
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