LIKE SEATBELTS ? "Cycle helmets are useless, says brain surgeon" - Telegraph

There's also been studies showing that drivers who wear seatbelts offset the safety factor by driving more recklessly...because the seatbelt gives them a false sense of invulnerability. Likewise,they say adding full face-masks to football helmets make football players more aggressive with their head because of the false sense of invulnerability. In this bike helmet case,however, the study suggests that bike riders are more vulnerable to cars because car drivers pass more closely to bicyclists with helmets than those without. READ MORE
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10866273/Cycle-helmets-are-useless-says-brain-surgeon.html