Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes
by Konnstann on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:27AM
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I've biked for most of my life in the US, and while I agree cars are a bigger problem for cyclists than anything else, describing helmet use as "armor" against cars is ridiculous. I wear a helmet when on a bike because I've had my skull fractured falling off of a bike, with no cars in sight. A decent helmet costs what, $30?
Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes
by Kim_Bruning on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:30PM
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An old rusty stations-fiets costs Eur 30, too. So then that helmet is looking a bit overpriced?
> David Roberts: The Dutch don’t wear bike helmets. How safe is it to ride a bike in the Netherlands?
> Chris Bruntlett: We — like you — live in a place where helmets have been mandated by law, because they’ve been accepted as a commonsense safety device, normal as a seatbelt. But the Dutch show that [for them], safety in infrastructure, safety in slowing cars, and safety in numbers are all far more important than safety in body armor.
> David Roberts: Yeah, the US approach seems to be to up-armor the cyclist so that cars don’t have to change.