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08:17 PM CST on Thursday, January 3, 2008
By SHELTON GREEN
KVUE News
The fiery debate in Austin over bicycle helmets and whether or not adults
should be required by law to wear them was the impetus behind a year long
study which KVUE News has learned was just completed.
From December 1, 2006 to December 2007, doctors at Brackenridge Hospital
interviewed 216 cyclists who came through the emergency room after they were
injured on their bicycles.
In a first of its kind study in Austin, injured cyclists were asked specific
questions about where they were riding, how fast they were going, what the
traffic flow around them was like, if they were wearing helmets and if they
were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
"According to the data so far you're about 65 to 88-percent less likely to
get a head injury if you're wearing a helmet while you're riding a bicycle"
said Dr. P.J. Milling, one of the doctors at Brackenridge Hospital who took
part in the year long helmet study.
Dr. Milling goes on to say that helmets are less likely to save the lives of
cyclists who ride next to busy highways like 360 and 620.
"If you get hit by a car going 70-miles an hour a helmet is not going to
make a huge difference it might, I think it makes a bigger difference on
surface streets where it's protecting the head from hitting a pole or
hitting the street when you're going a little slower but I don't want people
to take from that they shouldn't wear helmets on 360 and 620 because the
cars aren't the only issue because they could hit a rock and fall off of
their bike and hit a tree or something :32 so in that case I think the
helmet would provide a lot of protection for them" said Dr. Milling.
The final statistics from the report will be released for publication in the
next two weeks.>>
08:17 PM CST on Thursday, January 3, 2008
By SHELTON GREEN
KVUE News
The fiery debate in Austin over bicycle helmets and whether or not adults
should be required by law to wear them was the impetus behind a year long
study which KVUE News has learned was just completed.
From December 1, 2006 to December 2007, doctors at Brackenridge Hospital
interviewed 216 cyclists who came through the emergency room after they were
injured on their bicycles.
In a first of its kind study in Austin, injured cyclists were asked specific
questions about where they were riding, how fast they were going, what the
traffic flow around them was like, if they were wearing helmets and if they
were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
"According to the data so far you're about 65 to 88-percent less likely to
get a head injury if you're wearing a helmet while you're riding a bicycle"
said Dr. P.J. Milling, one of the doctors at Brackenridge Hospital who took
part in the year long helmet study.
Dr. Milling goes on to say that helmets are less likely to save the lives of
cyclists who ride next to busy highways like 360 and 620.
"If you get hit by a car going 70-miles an hour a helmet is not going to
make a huge difference it might, I think it makes a bigger difference on
surface streets where it's protecting the head from hitting a pole or
hitting the street when you're going a little slower but I don't want people
to take from that they shouldn't wear helmets on 360 and 620 because the
cars aren't the only issue because they could hit a rock and fall off of
their bike and hit a tree or something :32 so in that case I think the
helmet would provide a lot of protection for them" said Dr. Milling.
The final statistics from the report will be released for publication in the
next two weeks.>>
Dale Brown
cycles de ORO Bike Shop
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336-274-5959
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cycles de ORO Bike Shop
1410 Mill Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA
336-274-5959
http://cyclesdeoro.com
http://www.classicrendezvous.com
http://www.carolinacup.com
http://www.greensborovelo.com
http://www.bikegso.org
http://nbda.com
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