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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. Because, of course, walkers ar
by 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.