Butting heads over bicycle helmets

Although the need for bicycle helmet legislation was recently questioned in CMAJ,¹ the question of whether helmets are being properly strapped on remains unanswered.² How many adults — and even more children — wear their helmets either unstrapped or poorly strapped and hanging loosely over their occipital areas? An improperly strapped helmet is worse than worthless: it conveys a false sense of being protected.

Wilhelm Kreyes Retired Physician Winnipeg, Man.