Bicycle helmets do an outstanding job of keeping our skulls intact in a major crash. But they do almost nothing to prevent concussions and other significant Brain inJuries—and the very government agency created to protect us is part of the proBlem. the time has come to demand something safer.
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For more than thirty years, medical researchers have known that concussions occur because of brain spin, not blunt force. Helmet makers ignored the concussion problem because they assumed they couldn’t solve it, and their customers didn’t much care. Riders assumed they were safe because the government certified every helmet sold. What they don’t know is that the government standard is the very thing that prevents helmets from getting better — and addressing the concussion problem.
And that problem is getting worse. The death rate for bicyclists has steadily declined over the past 15 years. The concussion rate for bicyclists is going the other direction. It’s growing faster than the sport.
The good news: There is a solution. It’s available on the shelf today. You just have to know where to look.
Via https://www.brucebarcott.com/2013/05/your-bike-helmet-doesnt-do-what-you-think-it-does-heres-why-.html
The PDF: https://www.bicycling.com/sites/default/files/uploads/BI-June-13-Helmet.pdf
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