3 ms·
I used to be an EMT. There was one week when I went to two different calls that illustrated this perfectly. Both riders middle aged, both at low speed. One wear
by harvey9 4y ago
I used to be an EMT. There was one week when I went to two different calls that illustrated this perfectly. Both riders middle aged, both at low speed. One wearing a helmet hit a pothole and had minor facial injuries despite going over the handlebars. The other no helmet and out of practice fell sideways and the first thing to hit the kerb was her head. She's permanently disabled and living in a care facility.
- edmcnulty101 4y agoAnecdotal fear inducing internet story. Statistically 'in real life' extremely rare for this to happen.
- harvey9 4y agoYeah. But the family of the rider probably wishes she wasn't a statistic.
- edmcnulty101 4y agoYou can become a statistic just by walking outside.
- anonymousab 4y ago> Statistically 'in real life' extremely rare for this to happen. Just like most forms of harm; most of the time that you take some form of insurance against a negative event, it's not necessarily because of the likelihood of that event, but the sheer totality of the harm that will occur if that extremely rare event comes to pass.