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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY Anyone just blindly downvoting snovv_crash should check out the video a
by m0nty 10y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY
Anyone just blindly downvoting snovv_crash should check out the video above and any number of other resources, such as this one:
http://www.cyclinguk.org/campaigning/views-and-briefings/cycle-helmets http://www.cyclinguk.org/campaigning/views-and-briefings/cyc...
There are strong feelings on both sides, but many cyclists feel helmets are a distraction from the real issues which make cyclists unsafe: poor road design and unsafe driving. Cycling itself is (counter-intuitively) a very safe activity which looks dangerous; everyone assumes driving and walking are safe but often they are not. Yet nobody seriously proposes helmets for pedestrians or drivers, just cyclists.
- infinite8s 10y agoHow is walking not safe?
- DanBC 10y agoPollution and idiot car drivers.
- m0nty 10y agoYou don't have to look far: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/359012/indicator-table.xls https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm... [XLS] That's 8,643 pedestrians killed between 2000 and 2013 on UK roads. It's not even solely when people are crossing the road: cars frequently mount the pavement (sidewalk) and kill pedestrians.