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PSA: Wear a bike helmet when biking. It doesn't say if he was wearing one, but it doesn't sound like it. I'd probably be dead or in a coma today if I hadn't be

PSA: Wear a bike helmet when biking. It doesn't say if he was wearing one, but it doesn't sound like it. I'd probably be dead or in a coma today if I hadn't been wearing one when I crashed.

chimeracoder 14y ago
> "He was wearing a helmet, which is good news." Though the importance of your PSA still stands.
- kintamanimatt 14y ago
  Considering the bicycle culture of Amsterdam, it's amazing that I've yet to see a single person wear a helmet.
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  - Doches 14y ago
    Maybe they were all wearing invisible helmets? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1828134 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1828134
    - kintamanimatt 14y ago
      Not to my knowledge! The only helmet they have is their cranium!
  - alexfarran 14y ago
    Surely its because they have a strong cycling culture that cycling is not seen as something extraordinary that requires special safety equipment. It makes about as much sense as a walking helmet.
ndcrandall 14y ago
He was wearing a helmet and even with his assistants. This article explains more about the accident http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=20070216 http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=20070216
mindcrime 14y ago
PSA: Wear a bike helmet when biking. It doesn't say if he was wearing one, but it doesn't sound like it. I'd probably be dead or in a coma today if I hadn't been wearing one when I crashed. Same here. My crash was hard enough it cracked the helmet I was wearing and knocked me unconscious as it was. If I'd been going sans helmet, I doubt I'd be here writing this message now. :-(
konstruktor 14y ago
As somebody else aready noticed, he was wearing a helmet. Maybe your knee-jerk posting can be a good motivation to start reading up on the empirical data about the presumed safety of bicycle helmets: http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1139.html http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1139.html edit: safety -> presumed safety
jonhendry 14y ago
At his age, any part of the body can easily be the site of a life-threatening injury. Doctors are wary of operating on the elderly under the best conditions.

PSA: Wear a bike helmet when biking. It doesn't say if he was wearing one, but it doesn't sound like it. I'd probably be dead or in a coma today if I hadn't been wearing one when I crashed.

chimeracoder 14y ago

> "He was wearing a helmet, which is good news." Though the importance of your PSA still stands.

kintamanimatt 14y ago
Considering the bicycle culture of Amsterdam, it's amazing that I've yet to see a single person wear a helmet.
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- Doches 14y ago
  Maybe they were all wearing invisible helmets? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1828134 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1828134
  - kintamanimatt 14y ago
    Not to my knowledge! The only helmet they have is their cranium!
- alexfarran 14y ago
  Surely its because they have a strong cycling culture that cycling is not seen as something extraordinary that requires special safety equipment. It makes about as much sense as a walking helmet.

ndcrandall 14y ago

He was wearing a helmet and even with his assistants. This article explains more about the accident http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=20070216 http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=20070216

mindcrime 14y ago

PSA: Wear a bike helmet when biking. It doesn't say if he was wearing one, but it doesn't sound like it. I'd probably be dead or in a coma today if I hadn't been wearing one when I crashed. Same here. My crash was hard enough it cracked the helmet I was wearing and knocked me unconscious as it was. If I'd been going sans helmet, I doubt I'd be here writing this message now. :-(

konstruktor 14y ago

As somebody else aready noticed, he was wearing a helmet. Maybe your knee-jerk posting can be a good motivation to start reading up on the empirical data about the presumed safety of bicycle helmets: http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1139.html http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1139.html edit: safety -> presumed safety

jonhendry 14y ago

At his age, any part of the body can easily be the site of a life-threatening injury. Doctors are wary of operating on the elderly under the best conditions.