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Parent did not say that helmets make you less safe. They said that helmets make drivers around the biker behave more dangerously.

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a25358099/drivers-give-helmet...



3.5 inches on an average of ~1 meter was the measurement, in a study that a single researcher performed using himself as the rider.

This result is both weakly supported and small, and it shouldn't be considered actionable.




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