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Interesting position to take on those two things, since wearing a helmet makes an awful lot of sense since flying off a scooter onto a pavement at 20km will cau
by mung 9y ago
Interesting position to take on those two things, since wearing a helmet makes an awful lot of sense since flying off a scooter onto a pavement at 20km will cause massive head injuries...
...and a scooter hitting a pedestrian is not as traumatic as a car hitting a scooter. ..given the relative speed differences of people/scooters/cars and humans ability to process objects at speed remaining the same.
- askvictor 9y agoA walking adult, if they trip, fall and hit their head will suffer massive head injuries. A ~2m fall for a human head is enough to kill you. Ergo, all pedestrians should wear helmets. Furthermore, head injuries to car occupants would be reduced if they wore helmets (why else do race car drivers wear them?)
- mung 9y agoPeople generally know how to fall and not hit their head, and when they do their body softens the impact. Not such much with scooters and bikes, where you can literally go head first. There are risk factors, then there is absurd. Racing drivers drive a lot faster than road vehicles, they also have minimal creature comfort protection like airbags because the car has to be light. They have roll cages however that you can thump your head on. I suppose we could all walk around with goggles because y'know, someone might poke their eye put.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoSomeone in Sydney posted fake notice boards saying after date X, all joggers should start wearing helmets by law. I somehow find this thread highly related to it.
- xapata 9y agoA scooter hitting a pedestrian can easily kill the ped. And yes, I suppose I only have an anecdote, but it feels like evidence to me.
- djrogers 9y agoThese are stand up razor-like scooters - they wouldn’t ‘easily’ kill a pedestrian. A car hitting one without a helmet on the other hand...
- pstuart 9y agoCan they knock a person down? Then we're talking about the possibility of serious injury or death. It doesn't have to be the initial impact, just what happens after that...
- Noos 9y agoI don't think a stand-up electric razor scooter is particularly safe if it can travel at bike speeds. The wheels are too small and will have issues with road surfaces far worse than bikes. The danger would be careless riders pitching themself onto the concrete at bike speeds, and anyone who has done that knows it isn't fun. Better full electric bikes, at least they have the tire size to provide a stable ride.
- Noos 9y agoWhen poor people do things that increase risk of injury, we hector them. When rich people do so, it's obviously that the laws are at fault.