Bicycle helmet laws = bad?

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"The Dangers of Helmets", a British Medical Journal article arguing against bicycle helmet laws:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7276/1582#SEC4

The basic arguments are:

1. Requiring helmets gives an impression that cycling is more dangerous than walking or driving, this scares off people who would be healthier if they cycled.
2. If a helmet is a legal requirement, people will think that simply having one is adequate, instead of learning how to bike cautiously.
3. Helmets don't actually protect riders (justification provided via a cartload of what is, to my eyes, rather questionable statistical analysis.)

Thoughts?

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[(Anonymous)]

dudes i think u guys need to chill cause when i was a kid i got in a huge accident on my bike with my helmet on. And i still got injured pretty bad and i was bleeding and stuff. I was wearing the hole set and stuff u know like helmet
and nee pads and elbow pads. So the moral is that i looked like sh@$ even though i was wearing the helmet and the pads