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A while back I had been following a debate on a BC ski forum
http://www.telemarkskier.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001358
about how resort skiing has become more dangerous over the years. The debate gets pretty involved with pros and cons of wearing helmets to ski and snowboard. An often used arguement against their use is that these helmets (which are way more over-built compared to your typical xc helmet) are only designed to protect up to 20 mph. Presumably using helmets can increase the risk of injury since the average speed on an intermediate run is about 30 mph and, as indicated by lots of anectodal and more substantially tested evidence, people gain a false sense of security when wearing a helmet and subsequently take greater risks. Even many of those who favor helmets admit that they are probably only good at preventing "nuisance injuries".
I know there are a few people out there that argue against wearing bike helmets (and in one case I think the arguement is based on the choking hazard present when wearing them off the bike) but in the bike world the debate is WAY more biased towards the pro-helmet side. Why do you suppose that is? Did I just miss a lot of the arguing when bike helmets were coming on the scene?
http://www.telemarkskier.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001358
about how resort skiing has become more dangerous over the years. The debate gets pretty involved with pros and cons of wearing helmets to ski and snowboard. An often used arguement against their use is that these helmets (which are way more over-built compared to your typical xc helmet) are only designed to protect up to 20 mph. Presumably using helmets can increase the risk of injury since the average speed on an intermediate run is about 30 mph and, as indicated by lots of anectodal and more substantially tested evidence, people gain a false sense of security when wearing a helmet and subsequently take greater risks. Even many of those who favor helmets admit that they are probably only good at preventing "nuisance injuries".
I know there are a few people out there that argue against wearing bike helmets (and in one case I think the arguement is based on the choking hazard present when wearing them off the bike) but in the bike world the debate is WAY more biased towards the pro-helmet side. Why do you suppose that is? Did I just miss a lot of the arguing when bike helmets were coming on the scene?