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> Well under 50% wear helmets. > As a pedestrian in NYC I feel far more endangered by bikes than I do by automobiles. how do you make those two follow?
by carlob 3y ago
> Well under 50% wear helmets.
> As a pedestrian in NYC I feel far more endangered by bikes than I do by automobiles.
how do you make those two follow?
- JackFr 3y agoThey don’t immediately. One is not a consequence of the other. However, the first is an observation in support of the idea that in general many cyclists eschew rules including those that exist for their own safety.
- Aeolun 3y agoI don’t think helmets make you any safer on a bike. At least now to a relevant degree. I remember reading that it actively makes you less safe because people wearing a helmet trust it to protect them, when in reality, basically any collision with a car will crush them.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago> basically any collision with a car will crush the Orrery, bicycle helmet only protects you from hitting the ground /a tree at normal cycling speeds. It does not help you if you hit a car at speed.