And riders now might want to wear those helmets whether or not they're riding, after a hectic brawl on a Melbourne train started with an argument over an oBike.
My attitude to horses has, I admit, been damaged by exposure to a certain kind of horsey person: braying women in uptight clothes, red-faced toffs in white cravats, all wearing those foul black helmets with a ribbon on top.
Compared to those wearing a helmet, those who were not wearing a helmet were significantly more likely to undergo an X-ray or computed tomography (CT) scan of the head (32.1 vs. 11.5 %; p < 0.001) and significantly more likely to experience a brain injury (28.1 vs. 13.8 %; p = 0.008).
I wouldn't be wearing one of those helmets".
The award, which came from the jury in Las Animas County District Court in Trinidad, Colo., early Saturday morning, is a rare victory for those injured while wearing football helmets.
Twelve of the 79 bicyclists with AIS 2+ head injuries had been wearing helmets, 52 did not wear helmets and in 15 cases, the helmet use was unknown.
This study aims to estimate the incidence of pediatric bicycle-related injuries in Olmsted County and assess differences in injuries between those wearing helmets vs. not.
He found that for those wearing a helmet, motorists drove much closer when overtaking.
Among cases that involved head injuries, the injury types and outcomes were summarized according to documented helmet use and compared between those documented to be wearing a helmet and those not wearing a helmet.
The hospital costs for those not wearing helmets averaged $37,317 -- more than $6,000 higher than the average for patients who had worn helmets.
Nor was there any difference in the severity of concussions, as measured by the number of days players had to sit out (13.5, on average, for those wearing Riddell and Xenith helmets and 13 for players wearing Schutt helmets).
