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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The vast majority of bicycling injuries and deaths under the age of 20 could be prevented by wearing a helmet. Yet I routinely see children on bikes or, even worse, ebikes with no helmets.

"An average of 247 traumatic brain injury deaths and 140,000 head injuries among children and adolescents younger than 20 years were related to bicycle crashes each year in the United States. As many as 184 deaths and 116,000 head injuries might have been prevented annually if these riders had worn helmets. An additional 19,000 mouth and chin injuries were treated each year."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8909479/[/quote]

I wear a helmet and my kids wear helmets (so far).  I also wonder how many of those injuries would be prevented if someone didn't drive into them.[/quote]

100 percent of them would be avoided if parents didn't put their kids in harm's way. [/quote]

Hi Nick (or Lance)!

https://twitter.com/MrWedekind/status/1461500633459085320

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I know, right? Like it's bleeping obvious.[/quote]

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