Bicycle helmet - Helmets and increased risk of injury

A bicycle helmet is designed to provide head protection for cyclists. An number of jurisdictions have enacted legislation requiring cyclists to wear these helmets as well as other items of safety equipment. This legislation is controversial for a number of reasons (see below). The helmet issue stirs strong passions among cyclists, with some committed to their use and others much more sceptical. A strong pro-helmet lobby exists, funded in part by the helmet industry itself. There is also a substantial but diverse sceptical group ...

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• Bicycle helmet - About helmets
• Bicycle helmet - How they work
• Bicycle helmet - History
• Bicycle helmet - Standards
• Bicycle helmet - Proper fit
• Bicycle helmet - The helmet debate
• Bicycle helmet - Do helmets reduce fatalities or serious injuries?
• Bicycle helmet - Reduction in bicycle participation
• Bicycle helmet - Helmets and increased risk of injury
• Bicycle helmet - Inadequate design
• Bicycle helmet - Use promotion compulsion

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Bicycle helmet - How they work. There are two main types of helmet: hard shell and soft/micro shell (no-shell helmets are now rare). In both types impact energy is absorbed as a stiff foam liner is crushed, up to the point where the liner is crushed to its minimum thickness, or the helmet shatters, after which no further energy is absorbed. Collision energy varies with the square of impact speed: a typical helmet will absorb the energy of a fall from a stationary or slow-moving bicycle, an impact speed of around ...

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Bicycle helmet, Bicycle helmet - About helmets, Bicycle helmet - How they work, Bicycle helmet - History, Bicycle helmet - Standards, Bicycle helmet - Proper fit, Bicycle helmet - The helmet debate, Bicycle helmet - Do helmets reduce fatalities or serious injuries?, Bicycle helmet - Reduction in bicycle participation, Bicycle helmet - Helmets and increased risk of injury, Bicycle helmet - Inadequate design, Bicycle helmet - Use promotion compulsion

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