To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets

Re:To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets by cbr on Sunday September 30, 2012 @07:51PM (#4594676)

> the benefits of wearing a helmet apply equally to pedestrians and automobile drivers/passengers

Cycling is about six times more likely to kill you, per hour, than driving. So while helmets in cars would help some, the case for them on bikes is stronger.

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Re:To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets by corporalagumbo on Sunday September 30, 2012 @09:36PM (#4594915)

I would also like to see some evidence for this wild claim.

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Re:To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets by RegEx on Monday October 01, 2012 @05:21AM (#4595974)

This thread is full of "evidence I've seen" without sources, on both sides of the argument.

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Re:To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets by rmc on Monday October 01, 2012 @06:56AM (#4596214)

But do people spend as much time driving as cycling?

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Re:To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets by cpt1138 on Sunday September 30, 2012 @09:06PM (#4594852)

Cite for that statement please?

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