Re: Another comment rejected by UCRM moderators!

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010, Tom Crispin <> wrote:

No one in this group, as far as I know, had claimed that wearing a
helmet has increased the severity of any injury they have
personally suffered.

However, there are people that can report that wearing a helmet could
only have increased the severity of head injuries.

For example - the last time I was knocked off my bike (and the only
time I've been carted from traffic 'accident' to hospital in an
ambulance) I was not wearing a helmet. I suffered no head injuries.
Therefore, the only possible different outcome had I been wearing a
helmet would be that it would have increased the severity of my
injuries.

There have been other people who have said similar. Every time anyone
falls off and doesn't hit their head is such a case.

regards, Ian SMith
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