Mastodawn

dr jamesbicycle Jan 24, 2023

Talking about bike helmets is 'not even wrong'
=> I never discuss cycling helmets without moving the discussion into safety <=

About things that make helmets irrelevant:
-road design to scare drivers into paying better attention
-separated active travel lanes & paths
-car speed limits & physical re-design to make drivers feel uncomfortable with higher speeds

I often wear a helmet when forced to mix with traffic. Don't want to mix with traffic
#helmets #cycling #walking #driving #activeTravel

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Jasmine Liska

@jamesbicycle A big problem is that I don't think most people realize that bike helmets are not designed to protect users against the force of a car slamming into the user (and even less so when the "car" in question is an SUV/truck). So, without proper (separated!) infrastructure, slower vehicular speeds, and vehicle redesign, cyclists have no actual protection, but helmets allow drivers and cities to pretend that we do as long as we have that piece of foam strapped to our heads.