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Greatly depends on the drivers around you. Here it'll definitely shorten your life expectancy if you're lucky, and will leave you with a nice whole-body paralys
by butteroverflow 7y ago
Greatly depends on the drivers around you. Here it'll definitely shorten your life expectancy if you're lucky, and will leave you with a nice whole-body paralysis, if you're not.
You know how motorists sarcastically refer to cyclists over here? "Crunchies", or something like that.
- crispinb 7y agoAlso depends on the type of infrastructure available. I lived in the city until about 5 years ago and cycled everywhere. Out in the bush where I am now, with only narrow windy unshouldered roads (& many stoned drivers), I'd be dead in a week.
- fsloth 7y agoI don't have to drive on the road. My work trip is 5 km and all the way is bike roads and pedestrian paths. One of the advantages of living in the nordics, I suppose. I don't even wear a helmet in the summer - I just pedal intentionally slow.
- dorgo 7y ago> I just pedal intentionally slow Anecdote: I was with a group of tourists and we were about to rent bikes for a guided tour. We were offered helmets, but only some were taken. Before we even departed, a girl managed to fall of her bike and injur herself. A second offer to use helmets was met with much more acceptance.
- fsloth 7y agoI cycle through the year. I put on my downhill skiing helmet at the first sign of autumns freeze. Statistically speaking, dutch don't wear helmets and they don't get much injuries. It's as much about how you cycle and what the routes are like than having or not having a helmet.