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The solution is better cycling infrastructure, not a paper hat. Paper hats won't magically make bike shares more popular, but they do help perpetuate the myth t

by scblock 10y ago

The solution is better cycling infrastructure, not a paper hat. Paper hats won't magically make bike shares more popular, but they do help perpetuate the myth that a helmet makes you safe. No helmet can protect you from the things an inattentive driver can do.

bigato 10y ago
Wearing a helmet decreases the possible damages to your head on a hit, and nothing else changes that fact.
- lucvh 10y ago
  Wearing a helmet can be demonstrated to be more effective in terms of number of lives saved by being worn by pedestrians and motorists, rather than cyclists. Are you saying that we should all wear helmets when out in public?
  - saiya-jin 10y ago
    technically yes, but good luck selling this to the public. politicians need to be voted in every 4 years, you know
  - bigato 10y ago
    I am saying only what I said, if you doubt you can read it again above. The numbers you are referring to[1] do not mention lives saved but rather head injuries by transportation modes. They say nothing about seriousness of the injury. And I am pretty sure that when biking downhill at 70km/h chances are that a head injury will be more serious than the one i'd get by falling on the sidewalk while walking. I actually hate using a helmet while biking, and often go out without one when I am biking at a leisurely pace. But when I go out to train or to get to places fast, I prefer wearing the helmet. [1] http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets
snake_plissken 10y ago
I Agree with most of your statement. But helmets are important. Broken bones heal. Serious head injuries do not.
- Grishnakh 10y ago
  >Broken bones heal. I agree with your sentiment about the relative differences between broken bones and head injuries, but this statement isn't completely correct: if you're an adult, a broken bone almost always leaves behind some kind of problem, usually at a minimum the tendency to have arthritis at the point of fracture later on. Broken bones don't heal perfectly, just like significant cuts will always leave a scar in your skin. Hopefully medical technology will figure out soon how to fix this, and make it so we can regenerate like those animals that regrow tails and limbs, but not yet.
SippinLean 10y ago
Wearing a helmet significantly reduces the risk of head, face, or neck injury. Cycling infrastructure is also a concern but you're painting a false dichotomy and dangerously implying there's no benefit to wearing a helmet.

by scblock 10y ago

bigato 10y ago

Wearing a helmet decreases the possible damages to your head on a hit, and nothing else changes that fact.

lucvh 10y ago
Wearing a helmet can be demonstrated to be more effective in terms of number of lives saved by being worn by pedestrians and motorists, rather than cyclists. Are you saying that we should all wear helmets when out in public?
- saiya-jin 10y ago
  technically yes, but good luck selling this to the public. politicians need to be voted in every 4 years, you know
- bigato 10y ago
  I am saying only what I said, if you doubt you can read it again above. The numbers you are referring to[1] do not mention lives saved but rather head injuries by transportation modes. They say nothing about seriousness of the injury. And I am pretty sure that when biking downhill at 70km/h chances are that a head injury will be more serious than the one i'd get by falling on the sidewalk while walking. I actually hate using a helmet while biking, and often go out without one when I am biking at a leisurely pace. But when I go out to train or to get to places fast, I prefer wearing the helmet. [1] http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets

snake_plissken 10y ago

I Agree with most of your statement. But helmets are important. Broken bones heal. Serious head injuries do not.

Grishnakh 10y ago
>Broken bones heal. I agree with your sentiment about the relative differences between broken bones and head injuries, but this statement isn't completely correct: if you're an adult, a broken bone almost always leaves behind some kind of problem, usually at a minimum the tendency to have arthritis at the point of fracture later on. Broken bones don't heal perfectly, just like significant cuts will always leave a scar in your skin. Hopefully medical technology will figure out soon how to fix this, and make it so we can regenerate like those animals that regrow tails and limbs, but not yet.

SippinLean 10y ago

Wearing a helmet significantly reduces the risk of head, face, or neck injury. Cycling infrastructure is also a concern but you're painting a false dichotomy and dangerously implying there's no benefit to wearing a helmet.