> >Helmets create jobs. Someome has to design and manufacture the things. Well
> >on second thought, maybe not. We will need fewer doctors and Paramedics.

> No, not really. We occasionally get a psuedo-EMT on the lists that
> tells about all of the helmetless bicycle riders he or she hauls into
> the emergency room, but I've found no emergency clinic that claims
> such stats. Talk to an EMT at the next bike race and ask him how many
> of his or her runs are for bike riders. Check out the traffic in the
> local area - see how many are for bike riders. Stop at a sports or
> long term treatment facility and see how many are there due to
> helmetless bike riding. Damn few.

> No, the EMTs are rushing to auto accidents, heart attacks, falls in
> the bathtub, failure to breathes, on and on. Most of the bike
> incidents? Small kids, helmet or no.

> Long term care? Auto accidents, seizures, brain damage as a secondary
> or tertiary situation of another medical incident. Damn few from
> riding without a helmet.

> Go back to your war, but try real targets.

> Curtis L. Russell
> Odenton, MD (USA)