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No, the logic is that it helps in low-speed falls and accidents, but it makes drivers more likely to hit you and doesn't really help much if do. So maybe it's
by divia 18y ago
No, the logic is that it helps in low-speed falls and accidents, but it makes drivers more likely to hit you and doesn't really help much if do. So maybe it's better to wear a helmet--I'm have to look at the data more. But it doesn't seem obvious what the answer is. Here's a statistic:
700 bicyclists died on US roads in 2007. Over 90 percent died in crashes with motor vehicles.
http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm
- potatolicious 18y agoWhat sorts of crashes though? There's getting hit by a car going at 50mph (goodbye world) versus, say, clipping a car door as it opens and going over your handlebars. In the former your survivability is suspect even with protective gear, in the second I can see a helmet come into real use.