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With that level of violence it is the same scenario and the same outcome for a car. If we insist that cyclists protect themselves against multiple tonnes of ki
by gorgoiler 4y ago
With that level of violence it is the same scenario and the same outcome for a car.
If we insist that cyclists protect themselves against multiple tonnes of kinetic energy impact, we should insist on the same protection for car drivers.
- GVIrish 4y agoWe already do. Crash safety standards, seatbelts, and mandatory air bags dramatically decrease injury and death in crashes, and numerous other safety mandates reduce the chance of a crash in the first place.
- gorgoiler 4y agoThanks for the reply. I hadn’t thought of airbags-as-helmet-substitutes in that way. Are helmets the bicycle equivalent of air bags then? Isn’t that quite a third rate equivalent?