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>sugary drinks Whats there to think about it? Don't drink it (or not too much), that's where YOU are responsible for YOUR life and not the life of others. The

by nix23 6y ago

>sugary drinks Whats there to think about it? Don't drink it (or not too much), that's where YOU are responsible for YOUR life and not the life of others. The Airline and Pilots are responsible for your safe travel. >road conditions for motorists and cyclists In Germany 445 people died in bicycle accidents in 2018, that's 1.5 Aircraft's. And please just use a helmet, but you are right sure. But neglect Air-safety to make Roads safer sounds stupid...why not do both. 43% don't wear helmets and 37% are against mandatory helmets on bicycles, again that's YOUR responsibility: https://www.thelocal.de/20161207/should-germans-be-made-to-wear-bike-helmets-cycling-germany-australia https://www.thelocal.de/20161207/should-germans-be-made-to-w... >we're probably over investing in airline safety. No we hold Airline's responsible for it, if you don't do that this will happen over time: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/business/pakistan-fake-pilot-intl-hnk/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/business/pakistan-fake-pi... >50s has a heart attack True because it's not something you or i can change, maybe he/she had bad habits (drinking, drinking sugar etc) maybe genetic, maybe could not afford a insurance (and this is something we should and could change)

3pt14159 6y ago
> Whats there to think about it? Don't drink it There are social costs to obesity and diabetes. They should be taxed like alcohol and tobacco and selling sugary drinks to children should be curtailed. We should have warning labels and government funded commercial campaigns highlighting the issue. We should subsidize healthier foods like vegetables and promote a healthy and active lifestyle. We should make nutritional education a core part of education. > But neglect Air-safety to make Roads safer sounds stupid...why not do both. We presently do both, but we underfund road safety and overfund airline safety. It's a matter of economics. If we're spending $10m per life saved in airlines and $300k per life saved on the road then we could save more lives by adjusting the expenditures. > No we hold Airline's responsible for it And I'm happy that we do, but we can still overfund health and safety in one part of the economy at the expense of the other.
- nix23 6y ago
  >They should be taxed like alcohol and tobacco and selling sugary drinks to children should be curtailed. Absolute no problem with that, but has nothing to-do with airline security. >but we underfund road safety and overfund airline safety I dont know where you life, but here 'WHE' pay nothing for Airline safety, but every passenger does, and flying is still too cheap. >but we can still overfund health and safety in one part of the economy at the expense of the other. I really don't know what a country that is, but here (Switzerland) every passenger pays a tax for the Airport which is responsible for the Air-control and the Security, and the Airport just lets Airlines land when they meet international Security standards, its not a public spend but a private one (from the passenger). And i think it's the exact same in your country.
labawi 6y ago
Mandatory helmets while walking would extend thousands of lives, but it's not very effective against road kills and it doesn't change the fact that cycling and walking fatalities overwhelmingly involve cars or bigger vehicles. Countries with biking cultures don't use helmets, because it's safe. Safer than countries with helmets. They just don't let cars ride fast near them.
- nix23 6y ago
  >Countries with biking cultures don't use helmets, because it's safe I ride downhill (not on the street) and no one ever told my that riding without a helmet is safe.
  - labawi 6y ago
    Race car drivers wear helmets and for a good reason. Would you wear one while driving to work?
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
I won't use a helmet because it messes with my situational awareness because of changed acoustics, i.e. disturbs my hearing of the environment where I can't see, or don't look atm, one more piece of stuff to carry around, long hairs usually pony-tailed, etc.... Feel nonetheless relatively safe, because I never fell on my head in the few (spectacular) accidents I had, never broke any bones, always (actively) managed to land hard, or didn't even fall at all. Imagine accelerating hard into an underpass within the flow of traffic from about 45kph to 60kph to have enough momentum for an easy climb up. And suddenly your handlebar including stern almost hits you in the face because the stern broke. Doing some crazy moves to keep balance while still holding the handlebar in my hands, braking, not hitting any car, or the curb. Standing, upright... In winter, on a frozen street, light curved downslope, losing control, gliding outwards, kicking against some pole to push me back, at about 20 to 25kph, back on course. Pole OK, leg too. Entering a roundabout at about 60kph, hitting the rubberized rear bumper of an unexpectedly braking car with my frontwheel ever so slightly, flying about a dozen to 20 meters, actively summersaulting into a position with downspread arms to absorb some energy before final impact. Hitting hard, holding head up/forward, tingling hands and feet, but not hurt. Clothing unharmed also. (Bike was trashed unfortunately) Tell me WHY I should wear a helmet? Do you want us all to look like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Man for safety reasons?

by nix23 6y ago

3pt14159 6y ago

> Whats there to think about it? Don't drink it There are social costs to obesity and diabetes. They should be taxed like alcohol and tobacco and selling sugary drinks to children should be curtailed. We should have warning labels and government funded commercial campaigns highlighting the issue. We should subsidize healthier foods like vegetables and promote a healthy and active lifestyle. We should make nutritional education a core part of education. > But neglect Air-safety to make Roads safer sounds stupid...why not do both. We presently do both, but we underfund road safety and overfund airline safety. It's a matter of economics. If we're spending $10m per life saved in airlines and $300k per life saved on the road then we could save more lives by adjusting the expenditures. > No we hold Airline's responsible for it And I'm happy that we do, but we can still overfund health and safety in one part of the economy at the expense of the other.

nix23 6y ago
>They should be taxed like alcohol and tobacco and selling sugary drinks to children should be curtailed. Absolute no problem with that, but has nothing to-do with airline security. >but we underfund road safety and overfund airline safety I dont know where you life, but here 'WHE' pay nothing for Airline safety, but every passenger does, and flying is still too cheap. >but we can still overfund health and safety in one part of the economy at the expense of the other. I really don't know what a country that is, but here (Switzerland) every passenger pays a tax for the Airport which is responsible for the Air-control and the Security, and the Airport just lets Airlines land when they meet international Security standards, its not a public spend but a private one (from the passenger). And i think it's the exact same in your country.

labawi 6y ago

Mandatory helmets while walking would extend thousands of lives, but it's not very effective against road kills and it doesn't change the fact that cycling and walking fatalities overwhelmingly involve cars or bigger vehicles. Countries with biking cultures don't use helmets, because it's safe. Safer than countries with helmets. They just don't let cars ride fast near them.

nix23 6y ago
>Countries with biking cultures don't use helmets, because it's safe I ride downhill (not on the street) and no one ever told my that riding without a helmet is safe.
- labawi 6y ago
  Race car drivers wear helmets and for a good reason. Would you wear one while driving to work?

LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago

I won't use a helmet because it messes with my situational awareness because of changed acoustics, i.e. disturbs my hearing of the environment where I can't see, or don't look atm, one more piece of stuff to carry around, long hairs usually pony-tailed, etc.... Feel nonetheless relatively safe, because I never fell on my head in the few (spectacular) accidents I had, never broke any bones, always (actively) managed to land hard, or didn't even fall at all. Imagine accelerating hard into an underpass within the flow of traffic from about 45kph to 60kph to have enough momentum for an easy climb up. And suddenly your handlebar including stern almost hits you in the face because the stern broke. Doing some crazy moves to keep balance while still holding the handlebar in my hands, braking, not hitting any car, or the curb. Standing, upright... In winter, on a frozen street, light curved downslope, losing control, gliding outwards, kicking against some pole to push me back, at about 20 to 25kph, back on course. Pole OK, leg too. Entering a roundabout at about 60kph, hitting the rubberized rear bumper of an unexpectedly braking car with my frontwheel ever so slightly, flying about a dozen to 20 meters, actively summersaulting into a position with downspread arms to absorb some energy before final impact. Hitting hard, holding head up/forward, tingling hands and feet, but not hurt. Clothing unharmed also. (Bike was trashed unfortunately) Tell me WHY I should wear a helmet? Do you want us all to look like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Man for safety reasons?