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Originally Posted by valo403
 What? Enforcing helmet use reduces cyclists? Okay. The more logical, and applicable, statistics would be those that show that a cyclists wearing a helmet is far less likely to suffer catastrophic injuries, but carry on down this bizarre line of reasoning. |
They're not far less likely. Furthermore, with less cyclists on the road and more vehicles the amount of cyclist to vehicle collisions go up. Are we any further ahead if there are less head injuries per collision but more collisions and therefore the same amount of head injuries???
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Narrows and Causeway river bridge data suggests that in 1995 there were 36% less weekday cyclists than in the 12 months prior to law enforcement. The cyclist number vs hospital admission statistics suggest that in 1995 there was a 26% increase in injury risk to cyclists compared to the year before law enforcement.
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