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“cyclists were given 8.5cm (3.3 inches) more clearance by cars if they were not wearing helmets.” https://helmets.org/walkerstudy.htm https://helmets.org/walke
by tboughen 4y ago
“cyclists were given 8.5cm (3.3 inches) more clearance by cars if they were not wearing helmets.”
https://helmets.org/walkerstudy.htm https://helmets.org/walkerstudy.htm
- threeseed 4y agoYou know that the article you posted was about refuting this claim: "After re-analysis of Walker's data, helmet wearing is not associated with close motor vehicle passing"
- KennyBlanken 4y agoAs discussed above: the "re-analysis" took an analog measurement, filtered it into a binary "close" or "not close" at an arbitrary distance threshold, and then patted themselves on the back when the found there was no difference.
- i_am_jl 4y agoConfirmation bias machine strikes again.