I wouldn’t wear a helmet for a short relaxed trip to the shops on a nice even seperated path if it wasn’t the law. I suspect I am more likely to die from melanoma than brain injury from a fall and a broad brimmed hat would make more sense to me. Rest of the time they are better than nothing but not by much. The fines for not wearing them are insane.
Any good done by mandatory helmets is immediately undone the moment you funnel cyclist into door lanes. Flying into someone’s door at speed can give you serious brain injury with or without a bit of foam on your head. Helmets are great for sports cycling but the weakest protection for commuters. They won’t protect anyone from being crushed by a turning garbage truck.
Bike accidents are no joke. My dad fell when he was riding at age 13 and basically skinned the side of his face. He had a dent in the helmet where his head hit the ground.
I have had tons of bike accidents over my life, both bicycle and motorcycle, never had more than minor scrapes. I have seen other people sand their palms down or break wrists or just flop flat doing nothing to arrest their fall or put everything into a knee, hurting themselves in the most minor falls.
I think falling is a skill or instict that some people just never develop. For those people, yeah wear a hemet.
This doesn’t account for high-speed, direct impact accidents where its physically impossible to say, stop your face from whipping into the car infront of you or ground or w/e.
For what it’s worth, I always wear a helmet on my motorbike, rarely on bicycle, never escooter.
I wouldn’t wear a helmet for a short relaxed trip to the shops on a nice even seperated path if it wasn’t the law. I suspect I am more likely to die from melanoma than brain injury from a fall and a broad brimmed hat would make more sense to me. Rest of the time they are better than nothing but not by much. The fines for not wearing them are insane.
Any good done by mandatory helmets is immediately undone the moment you funnel cyclist into door lanes. Flying into someone’s door at speed can give you serious brain injury with or without a bit of foam on your head. Helmets are great for sports cycling but the weakest protection for commuters. They won’t protect anyone from being crushed by a turning garbage truck.
Bike accidents are no joke. My dad fell when he was riding at age 13 and basically skinned the side of his face. He had a dent in the helmet where his head hit the ground.
Please wear a helmet. It’s crucially important.
I have had tons of bike accidents over my life, both bicycle and motorcycle, never had more than minor scrapes. I have seen other people sand their palms down or break wrists or just flop flat doing nothing to arrest their fall or put everything into a knee, hurting themselves in the most minor falls.
I think falling is a skill or instict that some people just never develop. For those people, yeah wear a hemet.
This doesn’t account for high-speed, direct impact accidents where its physically impossible to say, stop your face from whipping into the car infront of you or ground or w/e.
For what it’s worth, I always wear a helmet on my motorbike, rarely on bicycle, never escooter.