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   From: twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
      
   On 3/14/2014 1:33 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > That would probably be right in America or third world countries, but   
   > out in most of the real world using indicators is required by law, as   
   > is wearing a seatbelt in a car / van / truck, wearing a helmet on a   
   > motorbike / bicycle, and many other largely common sense ideas. Of   
   > course there also are many morons who believe such laws don't apply to   
   > them as well.   
      
   Except that whole population studies have shown soft-shell bicycle   
   helmets [1] to be completely ineffective in reducing rates of serious   
   brain injuries and deaths.  Do we believe science or "common sense" when   
   the two conflict?   
      
   [1] Or about almost all in use.  I wear a hard-shell POC Trabec MIPS   
   when riding a push bike, as it should be much more effective than a foam   
   bicycle hat.   
      
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