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It's now generally thought that, even without a helmet, the positive health effects of biking outweigh the dangers from accidents. And while everyone who bikes
by matt4077 9y ago
It's now generally thought that, even without a helmet, the positive health effects of biking outweigh the dangers from accidents.
And while everyone who bikes will take a fall at some point, the vast majority of those actually result in only a few scratches. I know it seems terribly scary to imagine falling of a bike. But I've done so twice in about 12,000k, and the joy of biking far outweighs the pain I've suffered.
- dokein 9y agoI think that's probably true of all biking, but do you know if that's true for biking in NYC specifically? Also, if there's a 100% chance of a 1 year increase in lifespan, but a 3% chance of a 33 year loss, would you take it? If you are optimizing for maximum years over a large population the answer is yes, but I'm only optimizing for one life. It's also not necessarily true that e.g. age 50 -> 51 is equal in value with age 80 -> 81.