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If you want some more anecdata, then of all the people I've known, I've only known two of them to have been in a car accident where they were injured; one of th
by vacri 9y ago
If you want some more anecdata, then of all the people I've known, I've only known two of them to have been in a car accident where they were injured; one of them was before I was born. I guess that means that people don't die in car accidents.
> We might as well wear full body armor on the sidewalks
Lacerations and broken bones heal. Broken brains are generally for life.
- CydeWeys 9y agoI would love to wear full body armor while cycling. It definitely would've prevented the broken ankle I suffered last year. Motorcycle boots would've prevented that. The problem is that full body armor is heavy, quite inconvenient, and you'll overheat really quickly. Plus, all of that extra mass on your feet will really make your cycling less efficient. Body armor simply isn't practical for cycling, so people don't do it except for certain specific high risk cycling activities, like stunt or downhill BMX. But a helmet isn't nearly as inconvenient as full body armor, so there are many more situations in which it makes sense to wear a helmet. For me, commuting daily in NYC traffic, it's pretty much always worth it to wear a helmet.