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spoiler alert: drivers. it's all drivers' fault

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Bike helmets are a good idea no matter what cars are doing. You can die from a stationary fall from a bike by hitting your head on the pavement without a helmet. Happened to a person in my friend circle. Girl died on the fucking sidewalk after falling off her bike with no helmet.

[–] dale@toot.cafe -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

@RaoulDook @salarua Worth mentioning per distance walked you are most likely to die walking than cycling but if someone tried to introduce a law requiring pedestrians to wear a helmet they would be ridiculed. I assume there is an air quote because helmet laws do not protect cyclists, they actively make things more dangerous

https://www.cyclinguk.org/briefing/cycle-helmets

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s hardly a fair comparison. People are going to travel much greater distances on bike than on foot.

[–] dale@toot.cafe 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can't read good

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