VF> Yep. But they're thrown into the "head injuries" 
 VF> statistics used by lobby groups to get governments 
 VF> to enact legislation controlling the populace into 
 VF> spending their hard-earned money on useless hunks 
 VF> of plastic.
 
Shhhhhhhhhhh... we vewy vewy quiet... don't confuse him with the facts.
 
 VF> Yes - but here's the thing, though. Any injury sufficient to cause 
 VF> that level of wound in a victim is likely to be 
 VF> severe enough to cause a sufficient degree of 
 VF> serious injury _anyhow_. In short, the helmet will 
 
Correct.  
Specifically, paralysis when the head snaps back like a twig severing the 
spinal column.  In which case, I still the prefer the DNR order... just let 
me die on the street.  I'd rather the medical bastards play god with some 
other guinea pig.
 
 VF> And stats _show_ this. The problem is, getting 
 VF> stats that take into acount skull injuries versus 
 VF> facial injuries. And the majority of injuries 
 VF> resulting from cycling are facial - but included in 
 VF> the irrelevant helmet statistics. In short, 
 VF> bafflegab. Shorter, bald-faced lies.
 
Sure makes for some nifty "feel good" legislation though, and enhances the 
self-esteem of the medical types who can get their fingers into our personal 
lives a little bit more every day.  No wonder so many control freaks go into 
that line of work.
 
I'm still waiting for a law requiring a giant plastic bubble around my bike, 
to protect me from all the world's ills.  :)
--- Maximus 2.02
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