Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
4) On an individual level, they can still save your life and reduce the chance of serious brain injury.
That was exactly what I was trying to express earlier too.

No one in their right mind would go up to the parents of the girl involved in the accident and say: "Well, ma'am. According to statistics, we show that your daughter would have been better off without a helmet. I recommend that in the future she stop wearing a helmet in order to be safer."

That would be bananas! And that's what I dislike about such studies... People read them and make bad decisions based on the perceived results. And I SHUDDER to think that some insurance company(ies) would use crap statistics like that (and I really don't care if they come from the BBC or Queen Elizabeth herself) to ground their decisions on...

"I'm sorry, ma'am. We can't cover your daughter's claim. She hit the car wearing a helmet and our statistics show that she would have been safer without one..." Yeah, I CAN see that happening. For sure!