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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet... by op00to on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:55PM (#31470246)
No one has ever been injured cycling on a trail! It’s amazing how the laws of physics no longer apply once you stop sharing infrastructure with motor vehicles.

More seriously, you can easily hit a rock or something and go over the handlebars on a bike path.

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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet... by kevinmgranger on Sunday May 22, 2022 @08:51PM (#31474307)
A human being's weight hitting the ground at 30 mph (already a generously high figure) is far less serious than a multi-ton vehicle hitting them at 30 mph (already a generously low figure).

So, yes, physics.

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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet... by seoaeu on Sunday May 22, 2022 @05:05PM (#31472780)
There’s worlds of difference between crashing your bike versus being hit by a car while riding your bike. Yeah, it’ll hurt either way, but the former is substantially less likely to be fatal
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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet... by u801e on Sunday May 22, 2022 @03:49PM (#31472020)
Bike paths also tend to have more surface hazards because they're not designed following stringent standards that designers of roads have to follow.
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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet... by confidantlake on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:58PM (#31472712)
It isn't a binary thing but a rate.
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