lanierb wrote:
I don't have time to get into this much, but cars are much more of a head injury risk than you think,:) I worked at Nissan Basic Research in car safety, risk analysis. Bring it.
Cars are so unlike bikes in so many ways - speed, mass, etc. - I'm holding that you're just playing a "win the internet argument" game, not really engaging in a meaningful analysis of relative risk between the two activities.
Edit: And I'm not even pro helmet mandate for recreational riding. I'm just calling out both sides for grossly exaggerating how science supports their "side"of this dogmatic debate.