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One article I read suggested that the helmet de-humanizes the cyclist in the same way a car de-humanizes drivers. This is one reason pedestrians are treated bet

• kazinator 9y ago
  > there is ample evidence that you're better off without one. Not anything that can be called rational evidence. I've suffered several falls in which I heard a very loud crack: that of helmet hitting pavement, hard. That would have been my head, each time.
  • rconti 9y ago
    http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets It's not enough for me; I wear a helmet each and every time I ride (well, except on recent bike-shares in Paris, Stockholm, Vienna, and Munich, where none were available). But I've crashed bicycles a number of times in my life, even once crashing into a car as a teenager (flipped, bounced off the car, hit the ground) and still never hit my head. Anyway, it's just interesting to read about what causes head injuries and what makes a cyclist prone (or not) to them.
• Buldak 9y ago
  That seems dubious to me. I think that pedestrians are viewed more favorably than cyclists mainly because everyone spends a lot of time as a pedestrian. By contrast, most people aren't cyclists, which means that drivers tend to view them as an out-group, and therefore an object of contempt. This also helps to explain why people are often more incensed by traffic violations by cyclists than by drivers or pedestrians.