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> Second, countries which have made the helmet mandatory have seen a decrease of cyclism and an increase of obesity and heart diseases, to the point that it inc
by fla 11y ago
> Second, countries which have made the helmet mandatory have seen a decrease of cyclism and an increase of obesity and heart diseases, to the point that it increases the global mortality.
Sorry, but I have a hard time beleiving this.
Please note that this article from The Guardian is 14 years old, and doesn't link to any source.
- awjr 11y agoThat's ok, scientific analysis of the impact of mandatory helmets has been done demonstrating that it would increase mortality rates. http://www.cycle-helmets.com/england_helmets.html http://www.cycle-helmets.com/england_helmets.html
- lsc 11y agoso... I just scanned that, and apparently the thesis is that most people would rather not ride a bike at all if it involves, you know, looking like the sort of person who wears a helmet. Wow. uh, that plays into all my negative stereotypes about "normal people." I mean, it's your head, and I think you should be able to decide for yourself what an acceptable level of risk is, but don't pretend that a good helmet won't help make injuries in a crash less severe.
- awjr 11y agoThat's a personal choice and you are mixing the sport of cycling with the activity of biking from A to B. In the Netherlands (massive biking culture) 96% of people do not wear helmets yet they have the least head trauma in the world. For biking, you create segregated space.
- DanBC 11y agoQuite a lot of the Netherlands doesn't have segregated space. What they do have is reduced space for cars and absolute priority for cyclists when cyclists and cars share road space. It's not possible to remove cyclists from all roads, so it's probably more important to change car driving culture.