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IOW, helmets are worthwhile as long as there as zero (or near-zero) marginal impact on cycling. Of course, there is not zero marginal impact on cycling. Helmet
by panglott 11y ago
IOW, helmets are worthwhile as long as there as zero (or near-zero) marginal impact on cycling.
Of course, there is not zero marginal impact on cycling. Helmet advocates never seem to try to estimate what cost there is to cycling rates.
I suspect that even among committed cyclists, there is a marginal cost in the number and frequency of trips by bicycle to wearing a helmet, and this cost is much greater for more marginal cyclists.
- hyperbovine 11y agoYou are making a point which is orthogonal to mine in that if you are conditioning on somebody cycling then they are by definition not on the margin. But no matter; the distinction is academic. I consider myself a "committed cyclist" and there is absolutely no cost to me of wearing a helmet. None. I feel naked and vulnerable without one, and these days pretty much won't ride sans casque, and that's the extent of it. (The thing about being a member of said group is, you've spent enough time in the saddle to see so many people doing so many stupid things on a bike, and a few of them pay dearly for it.)