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But by the same measures you can claim bicycle helmets are important, they would be just as important for walkers as cyclists. Or people in cars.
by imanaccount247 12y ago
But by the same measures you can claim bicycle helmets are important, they would be just as important for walkers as cyclists. Or people in cars.
- theossuary 12y agoJust because people don't wear them in those instances doesn't mean they shouldn't. Also, it's less likely to fall over walking than to fall over riding a bike, one is inherently less stable than the other. Get pushed walking and stumble back a bit, get pushed riding a bike and you'll most likely fall over.
- mod 12y agoI imagine you catch your self more reliably when walking, too, and avoid head injuries.
- outericky 12y agoYes, but if you throw in the fact that walkers have far fewer crashes to the pavement than walkers then it is not the same. And cars have seatbelts...
- imanaccount247 12y agoWalkers hit their heads all the time. People die from it. And seat belts do not prevent brain injuries.
- cbr 12y agoI looked into car helmets a few years ago [1] and my takeaway was that in older cars helmets would have helped, but cars made in the last 20+ years have enough interior padding and airbags that helmets wouldn't add much if anything. If you convince me otherwise I'll start wearing a helmet in the car and advocating other people do so too. [1] http://www.jefftk.com/p/car-helmets http://www.jefftk.com/p/car-helmets
- rodgerd 12y ago> But by the same measures you can claim bicycle helmets are important, they would be just as important for walkers as cyclists. Because, of course, walkers are elevated and moving at 20 to 30 km/h on an inherintly unstable platform.
- imanaccount247 12y agoIt doesn't matter what they are doing, it matters if the basis for claiming helmets are useful for cycling apply to walking. And they do. The testing bicycle helmets undergo is in fact approximating the speed of a walking person falling over on their head. Research has failed to support the idea that helmets offer a net benefit for cycling. I suspect the same would hold true of walking if people took the insanity to the next step and push helmets on walkers.