This.
Helmets should be a personal choice.
They are NOT a systemic solution to keeping people on bikes safe, nor do they encourage anyone to start cycling.
A helmet won't ever help when someone drives their SUV over you and crushes you.
*As usual, evangelists, guilt trippers etc will be blocked
Helmets should be a personal choice.
They are NOT a systemic solution to keeping people on bikes safe, nor do they encourage anyone to start cycling.
A helmet won't ever help when someone drives their SUV over you and crushes you.
*As usual, evangelists, guilt trippers etc will be blocked
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
Very few Dutch cyclists wear helmets. Yet theirs are among the safest streets on earth. Why?
They understand it’s more beneficial to calm motor traffic, build dedicated infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable users to armour up.
youtu.be/P7trv9paMxA
They understand it’s more beneficial to calm motor traffic, build dedicated infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable users to armour up.
youtu.be/P7trv9paMxA
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That and some road designs are so bad that the designers should be in court
On a safe, well maintained, segregated cycle path the helmet wouldn’t have been necessary either of course.
I suspect the same applies to "cycling clothes"
I wear a helmet on my own bike, but not on rental bikes in London or NYC
I've encountered far too many who dress up like road workers
But I always wear gloves. And I do try really hard not to fall off, because it hurts.
Only the only times I hit head was on car assisted rides where I forgot I had it on and clonked the car.
When I do fall I am pretty good at not hitting my head. Humans have evolved to do that. And I try to minimise the risk of falling off anyway.
They don't make me feel safer.
I ride a fair bit in Europe and I think in some places (Spain?) it's mandatory to wear one when outside of towns or cities.