Reply #31: One of my best friends died from falling off her bike

[Ravenseye]

She flipped a curb accidentally and went headfirst into it. This was when I was 7 years old back in the late 70s. If she had been wearing one of those dorky helmets she would be alive today. I might not still be friends with her, but good chance she'd still be alive.

These emails are total bullshit because they imply that 'Hey that never happened to me' which is anectodal evidence is statistically relevant. The fact is that there are plenty of kids who rode their bikes without helmets and never fell off. I never wore a helmet till the 90's, even after my friend died. I was fine.

The other fact is that a kid who didn't wear a helmet and died from having her head split by a curb isn't alive to read this post and say "Hey you know what?"