How cycle helmets can kill

Bradley Wiggins calls for cycle helmets to be made compulsory to save lives, writes Peter Rhodes.

But when that happened in Australia, thousands simply gave up cycling. The experts are still calculating whether more lives were lost through lethargy and obesity than were ever saved by wearing helmets.

I suspect cycle helmets would have only a marginal impact on road deaths.

All motorcyclist and pillion passengers already wear helmets yet they are 20 times more likely to be killed than car users.

Cycling will never be safe as long as cyclists use the same roads as powered vehicles.