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[prolesunited]

I'm a cyclist and I always wear a helmet. He's just setting a good example.

Some stats to ponder:

About 800 bicyclists die in the US every year

About 540,000 bicyclists visit emergency rooms with injuries every year. Of those, about 67,000 have head injuries.

Bicycle crashes and injuries are under reported, since the majority are not serious enough for emergency room visits.

1 in 8 of the cyclists with reported injuries has a brain injury.

Two-thirds of the deaths here are from traumatic brain injury.

A very high percentage of cyclists' brain injuries can be prevented by a helmet, estimated at anywhere from 45 to 88 per cent.

Many years of potential life are lost because about half of the deaths are children under 15 years old.

Direct costs of cyclists' injuries due to not using helmets are estimated at $81 million each year.

Indirect costs of cyclists' injuries due to not using helmets are estimated at $2.3 billion each year.

http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm