😀🚲Jun 19, 2023

Never let your government get away with claiming that #bikeHelmets are "the first rule of bike safety".

Rule number one is infrastructure, and the 2nd is air+brakes+chain mechanical soundness of the bike, upright geometry of the bike, traffic awareness, ride with fingers on your brake levers and having practiced emergency stops, twenty is plenty... Helmets are for stunts or a footnote to "don't fall on your head" rule that applies to walking moreso than biking.

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@enobacon I guess it’s a sign of the times that we now have substantial numbers of people questioning vaccines and wearing a bike helmet. Next up is hand washing I suppose.

Infrastructure, by all means, but when I pancaked a bike on a section of paved bike trail on some not-so-dry leaves at 25+ mph, I shattered my right collarbone, but my helmet saved me from at least a concussion. Complaining about “the gubmint” suggesting helmets are useful is just asinine to me.

Jun 19, 2023 at 9:22pmWeb
Show thread😀🚲Jun 20, 2023
@slyborg mentioning helmet science in the same sentence as vaccines would seem to indicate that you don't understand one or both of these in terms of public health
Show threadDmitry TantsurJun 21, 2023
@enobacon @slyborg or maybe you're just prejudiced and trying to justify your bad habit as something logical. Sorry, but as a reasonable person, I'll go with the ER doctor telling me to wear the damned thing.
Show thread😀🚲Jun 21, 2023
@creepy_owlet @slyborg I'm not sure how a reasonable person read what I wrote, about well-studied results of government policy, as saying you personally shouldn't wear one. Knock yourself out.