tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786784182488135171.post160951512755665874..comments2023-07-21T17:26:24.127+04:00Comments on Ron George: Latest Research : Bicycles Second To Automobiles In Child InjuriesRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16268869622833968439noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786784182488135171.post-76356456064297474832009-04-06T17:38:00.000+04:002009-04-06T17:38:00.000+04:00if kids hurt themselves o lot when riding bicycles...if kids hurt themselves o lot when riding bicycles, I wonder if anyone may consider how they are riding and how that may lead to more injuries while riding bikes.<br><br>Seems to me, kids do all kinds of crazy things because they haven't yet learned that those crazy things lead to injuries, but when they do learn they do, they adjust their riding habits and become safer ridersBobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786784182488135171.post-44696946138371996842009-04-06T16:21:00.000+04:002009-04-06T16:21:00.000+04:00Is there any distinction between severity of injur...Is there any distinction between severity of injury?<br><br>Surly, kids fall from bicycles, but doesn't that most often lead to simple bumps, bruises, cuts and scrapes? Isn't that all part of growing up and a learning tool to develop skills to learn to avoid such falls in the future?<br><br>Bicycles have been around for a long, long, time and would they be so popular if they were actually dangerous?<br><br>The tone of this is menacing and looks to be designed to scare folks away from bikes and that's not a good thing. That's a bad thngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786784182488135171.post-19763023316962286942009-04-02T03:26:00.000+04:002009-04-02T03:26:00.000+04:00I agree that helmet use is an important end-of-pip...I agree that helmet use is an important end-of-pipe solution to minimize injury risk. However, nothing is more important than properly learning how to ride a bike and deal with traffic. If you're going to hit your head on a crash, it's better to have your helmet than not having it - but in some cases the helmet won't save you (ask Saul Raisin).<br><br>Helmet use should be strongly advised - as one of several ways of enhancing security. However, it must never be compulsory: that would interfere with our freedom of choice - I do with my destiny as I see fit and I recognize no one's right to dictate what I should wear. <br><br>I use helmet for some 12000km a year. But there are times - some short recovery ride or a 1km ride to the café - when I consciously and deliberately choose not to use it (for example, when the temperature is sweet and I want to feel the wind in my head, to remember what it was like when I was a kid). It is a risk that I have the right to incur.<br><br>If you defend compulsory helmet use, watch for the day when someone will defend that you should not ride your bike because the injury risk is greater than walking. Forcibly defending people against themselves is simply the wrong way to see things.João Paulo Magalhãesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786784182488135171.post-24746115374038838302009-03-31T23:26:00.000+04:002009-03-31T23:26:00.000+04:00They died more.They died more.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786784182488135171.post-66265857329265495762009-03-31T23:23:00.000+04:002009-03-31T23:23:00.000+04:00WOW...i wonder how the army of cyclists all over t...WOW...i wonder how the army of cyclists all over the WORLD did BEFORE helmets...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786784182488135171.post-3258324690788597282009-03-31T18:29:00.000+04:002009-03-31T18:29:00.000+04:00I like the statement in second to last graphic - &...I like the statement in second to last graphic - "Because bicycle related injuries continue to be a major health concern in the United States, its important to consider all opportunities for injury prevention."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com