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I am sorry, but it's not. Being car doored is the type of incident where a helmet won't make any difference. For a simple reason, the cyclist hits a car door wi

I am sorry, but it's not. Being car doored is the type of incident where a helmet won't make any difference. For a simple reason, the cyclist hits a car door with his upper or lower body, not with his head [0]. > But don't pretend that wanting to feel the wind in your hair is taking a moral stand. Your words, not mine -- as most of your post by the way. However, there is value in not arriving to your destination sweating or stinking (i.e. going to a meeting, social event, etc). In cases like that it's perfectly fine not to wear a helmet as long as the rider is aware of the risk, and adapts his/her riding style to this situation. Mostly everybody does it in Europe and we're all fine. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKbXH2cAyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKbXH2cAyI

PhasmaFelis 10y ago
> I am sorry, but it's not. Being car doored is the type of incident where a helmet won't make any difference. For a simple reason, the cyclist hits a car door with his upper or lower body, not with his head [0]. Yeah, and then you go flying and your head hits the ground, or a lamp post, or another car. Not always, but often enough. Head injuries are pretty common in car-pedestrian or car-cyclist accidents even though the average car is much lower than the average head. Collisions don't end at the moment of impact.
- mmariani 10y ago
  Yeah, I know that. Yet, by then most of the energy has already been dissipated by the primary hit. After that the rider usually ends lying down on the middle of the street under the risk of being run over by another car. Again, a helmet won't make any difference there. I get it, you're advocating for people's safety -- that's noble. But, sometimes you have to live and let it die. In other words, you have to respect people's choices, or move to a nanny state and stop judging the people that decided not to live under the same rules as you.

PhasmaFelis 10y ago

> I am sorry, but it's not. Being car doored is the type of incident where a helmet won't make any difference. For a simple reason, the cyclist hits a car door with his upper or lower body, not with his head [0]. Yeah, and then you go flying and your head hits the ground, or a lamp post, or another car. Not always, but often enough. Head injuries are pretty common in car-pedestrian or car-cyclist accidents even though the average car is much lower than the average head. Collisions don't end at the moment of impact.

mmariani 10y ago
Yeah, I know that. Yet, by then most of the energy has already been dissipated by the primary hit. After that the rider usually ends lying down on the middle of the street under the risk of being run over by another car. Again, a helmet won't make any difference there. I get it, you're advocating for people's safety -- that's noble. But, sometimes you have to live and let it die. In other words, you have to respect people's choices, or move to a nanny state and stop judging the people that decided not to live under the same rules as you.