Helmet Logic

Just for the record:

“Dr Ian Walker, a psychologist at the University of Bath, used a bicycle fitted with a computer and an ultrasonic distance sensor to record data from over 2,500 overtaking motorists. 

He found drivers twice as likely to get closer to the bike when the cyclist was wearing a helmet.”

And…

“Psychologists have discovered that people wearing cycle helmets tend to take 30% more risks than they would if they do not have one protecting their head.”

This suggests much of the protective edge provided by a helmet may be lost by making cyclists more likely to have an accident in the first place.

Or to put it another way, statistically speaking one is more likely to have an accident if one wears a helmet. But one’s head may fare better when doing so.

Personally I’d like to see 360 degree Go-Pro’s and radars in all bike helmets under a revenue sharing deal with the cops. This way every cyclist could be used as a roving revenue raiser.

Then you’d see drivers behaving well around cyclists and cyclists taking more care of their helmets.