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"Rob, the kid in your profile picture are wearing a helmet, why if you believe it is more dangerous to wear one that not? ofcourse helmets safe lives. Might not be millions of lives, but I reckon one is better than none...    "

"Hello Kathy It really don't matter if you ride 10 km/h if a car hit's, you might feel you are less prone at accidents when riding a slow speeds and being a confident rider on quit side roads.   In March I rode down Piper street on my…"

"I just received this quote from Etienne  de Brignell: "Peter, you're just sounding like every other narrow-minded, intolerant and evangelical helmet zealot I've had to deal with in the past. Oh well."   How? I am…"

"Frankly it doesn't matter where or how fast you ride, most bike accidents involves another object, a car, a pedestrian or another bike rider, and no matter how good a rider you are, you have no control of everything else on the road. Don't…"

"there you go, except for the first 4 arguments that can be as easily proved wrong as right, it's all about feelings, convenience and vanity. Personally I don't see many angry faces on people riding even with a helmet on, and all our…"

"to both Rob and Etienne, yes I am a cyclist, 100%, I import bikes and are involved in a lot of different bike related issues. And I'm interested in why people don't want to wear a helmet, I have no opinion about if the law is good or bad…"

"why don't you want to wear a helmet?  Don't worry about it might be more dangerous to walk the streets or swim w sharks... Simply what is the problem with wearing a helmet?"

"what is the reason for not wanting to wear a helmet? safety? freedom of choice?  it do not hurt to wear a helmet, as simple as that, it's un valid to compare danish and australian bike culture, seen from a danes point of view it is…"