One survey says 68% of Doctors don't believe that helmet laws should be mandatory while another survey says that Doctors say that cycling injuries are up while serious injuries are down due to helmets.
There is so much conflicting research available concerning the effectiveness or non-effectiveness of helmets that it is hard for an average cyclist to take it all in.
One cyclist in ABC radio's helmet law special says
'I'm just a simple bike rider so for me to look at the breadth of research and try and understand whether one set of research is done in a better way than another set of research is really difficult.'
Click here to listen to ABC Radio's special about Australian helmet laws
Who can we believe?
Who should be making the decision for us?
Should we be able to make our own choices about helmets?
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