The argument for helmets.

went to war over petroleum.Yet, ifin the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s we have come to recognise the dangers of addiction to cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol and begun to seek to reduce their use, in the 1990s we must acknowledge the price, in deaths, disability, and environmental damage, of our global addiction to petrol.Cycle helmets do not improve safety but place responsibility for injury protection on the victim.As with smoking, the preferred public health policy would be to seek to remove the cause. 1 McCarthy M. Pedal cyclists, crash helmets and risk.