http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: German helmet use study en Mon, 18 May 2026 13:16:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12495#post-147400 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:52:47 +0000 gembo 147400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could be a Renfrewshire Ayrshire thing but this thread contravenes rule 2 of the forum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12495#post-147398 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:45:01 +0000 Cyclingmollie 147398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Further German helmet evidence is available <a href="http://misplacedperson.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/rude-cyclists.jpg">here</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12495#post-147380 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:06:28 +0000 chdot 147380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Conclusion: extrapolating everything together in this society-wide balance, results in a loss of 278 million euros per year. In the case of a helmet, there are fewer people killed and seriously injured cyclists, but high spending on helmets and more heart attacks - and for all those who are abandoning the cycling due to the helmet or less cycling.</p> <p>Victory therefore discourages a helmet. "One should consider better, how to make safe cycling, as better infrastructure or an inner-city rule top speed of 30 km/h."</p> <p>"</p> <p>Courtesy Bing </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12495#post-147379 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:59:11 +0000 algo 147379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In response to some serious calls in Germany for compulsory helmet usage, a relatively interesting report has come out by a researcher who calculated the rough cost of such a scheme, factoring in the extra health costs incurred by the inevitable drop in cycling. In German but running it through translate gives you a reasonable idea...</p> <p><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/fahrradhelm-pflicht-in-deutschland-braechte-mehr-schaden-als-nutzen-a-961657.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/fahrradhelm-pflicht-in-deutschland-braechte-mehr-schaden-als-nutzen-a-961657.html</a></p> <p>it's a pretty cold Freidmanesque analysis, but it raises some interesting points. </p>