Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing

Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by njarboe on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:27PM (#16556562)

I'd be interested to know where you got such a stat? The combining of seatbelt and helmet law lives seem a bit weird. Can't find any exact figures using google, but it looks like in 2016[1] 424 people died not wearing helmets, 137 with helmets and 274 died and it was not recorded if they were wearing a helmet. How to determine how many, if any lives are saved by bicycle helmets is not very clear,[2] especially if one tries to factor in the loss of exercise (and decrease in health) that helmet laws cause.

In such an non-clear cut case, I would suggest letting people decide for themselves, if they want to wear a helmet or not, would be the best option.

[1] https://helmets.org/stats.htm [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/do-bi...

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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by dvt on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:09PM (#16556708)

I researched this a few years ago for a law class. I remember the number was around 15,000[1].

> In such an non-clear cut case, I would suggest letting people decide for themselves,

I think it's pretty clear-cut in the case of seat-belts and helmets. Paternalistic laws do work.

[1] http://www.youthforroadsafety.org/news-blog/news-blog-item/t...

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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by njarboe on Saturday March 10, 2018 @12:55AM (#16557315)

I don't see anything here about helmets. Not sure how to wear a seat belt on a scooter or a bicycle. Did you read my comment? Safety first "works" if you don't want to do anything.

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