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Ducth impressions of safety always make me giggle. I'm only alive today due to a helmet I was wearing when a car decided to turn in front of me. Yet, gems like
by sidewndr46 5y ago
Ducth impressions of safety always make me giggle. I'm only alive today due to a helmet I was wearing when a car decided to turn in front of me. Yet, gems like this exist
> “If you are hit by a car on your bike, there is no helmet that will protect you.”
From here: https://dutchreview.com/culture/cycling/5-reasons-why-the-dutch-cycle-without-bike-helmets/ https://dutchreview.com/culture/cycling/5-reasons-why-the-du...
If this statement was really true, then no one would ever take a trip on a bicycle on a public road. We would have bicycle fatalities almost everyday.
- jacquesm 5y agoTo be fair though: cycling in NL without a helmet is probably safer than cycling with a helmet in many other countries. Even so there are plenty of accidents.
- sidewndr46 5y agoWhat would make that 'fair'?
- jacquesm 5y agoIt's an idiom.
- sidewndr46 5y agoWhile saying "to be fair" may be an idiom, it is also in this case a strawman. Your comment proposes something as an alternative but provides no evidence to indicate there is any actual debate to be had. I could mention that bicycling on Antarctica is much safer than in the Netherlands. Thus, the Netherlands should seek to emulate Antarctic policy regarding bicycling. None of that is a real argument.
- jacquesm 5y agoThe strawman is yours.