How the Dutch created a casual biking culture

Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by soared on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:57PM (#17862314)

I believe in countries/cities like these its safer to not use a helmet. Drivers see that your being unsafe and give you much more room and are more aware of you. Less accidents and less deaths in total by not wearing a helmet!

I couldn't find the study that was posted on hn, but there are lots of articles.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by gowld on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @04:52PM (#17862773)

It's complicated.

https://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/the-bike-helmet-paradox

The short answer is, "wear a helmet if you have one, and try to get one, but if you don't have one, you should still bike anyway."

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by askmike on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:47PM (#17865435)

Not in the Netherlands, see the article ;)

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by snarfybarfy on Thursday August 30, 2018 @03:14AM (#17874663)

I also remember reading this.

I think even safer (i.e. drivers keep more distance while overtaking) than no helmet was pretending to be female by wearing a wig with long hair.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by Scarblac on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @04:31AM (#17866677)

Also making it mandatory to wear a helmet means fewer people use bicycles, so fewer people get the health benefits of cycling.

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