BICYCLE HELMETS SPECIALISTS, EXPERTS, WITNESSES & FORENSIC CONSULTANTS.
A bicycle helmet is designed to provide head protection for cyclists. Helmets are most suitable for preventing injury in straight falls, and for reducing friction related damage to the head. Modern bicycle helmets were first developed in the 1970s.
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A bicycle helmet is designed to provide head protection for cyclists. Helmets are most suitable for preventing injury in straight falls, and for reducing friction related damage to the head. Modern bicycle helmets were first developed in the 1970s. Helmet use has increased significantly in many, but not most, jurisdictions since the 1980s, primarily because of helmet compulsion laws. These laws were designed to improve bicycle safety, but the laws are very controversial because of their ineffectiveness. In fact, many studies have shown that helmet compulsion laws have decreased the overall safety of bicycle use and discouraged ridership. Helmets can save a cyclists life. However, in most fatal cycling injuries a helmet would not prevent death. Helmets can prevent a significant number of minor cycling injuries. Despite these benefits, the overall safety benefits are inconclusive, probably because of risk compensation behaviour. Helmets can be one aspect of a cyclists personal safety precautions, but other factors, such as maintenance, road conditions, the behaviour of motorised traffic, and training, are far more important in overall cycling safety. In general, the value of bicycle helmets has been overstated.
