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While I appreciate that the statistics over the value of bicycle helmets aren't always conclusive, "29km/h on a bike without a helmet is absolutely safe over he
by mft_ 8y ago
While I appreciate that the statistics over the value of bicycle helmets aren't always conclusive, "29km/h on a bike without a helmet is absolutely safe over here" seems like a difficult and sweeping statement to substantiate?
Are the pavements in Holland more forgiving when someone's head hits them at ~8 m/s?
"Never have I heard of a friend or family member falling from their bike with any injury on the head; A broken arm at worst."
Well, I see your anecdote and I raise you with my own: I once fell of my bike at probably around 30km/h, breaking my collarbone. Additionally my helmeted head hit the raised pavement stone hard enough to leave a big dent in my helmet. I'm very glad that it didn't have the opportunity to leave the same dent in my head.
- ghaff 8y agoHelmets do seem to be at least somewhat of a cultural thing. I recently returned from a trip to both Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Essentially no one who isn't a young child wears a helmet in Amsterdam. (And often not even them. You see small kids propped up on handlebars all the time.) In Central Copenhagen on the other hand, which would seem to have almost as good biking infrastructure as Amsterdam, a lot of people do wear helmets. It's still the minority--maybe 25%--but it's definitely not at all unusual.