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No helmet, I can already feel my head having more cracks in it than my arse
Most people don't wear helmets, it's not a big issue.
I remember seeing a study showing mandatory helmets caused lower numbers of cyclists.
I don't mind if people don't wear a helmet.
I got a kidney transplant thanks to that.
Not wearing helmets also causes lower numbers of cyclists.
That's just not true. Riding a bike is not only extremely safe, the risks are offset by the benefits such that it provides a net benefit to your health and safety. Even if you do not wear a helmet, cycling is still a net benefit to your survival and lifespan.
Where are you getting your information from?
The second safest country for cyclists in Europe has the lowest percentage of helmet wearers. Data provided further up thread.
Obviously it doesn’t lower it anywhere near the level you believe it too.
If you're in the safest country for cyclist, then you don't need a helmet as much. Is that not obvious? If you're only separated by cars by a line of paint, you might want as much protection as you can afford.
Fuck. Bike helmets do not protect you from automobile collisions. They are fucking styrofoam. They protect you from falling over while standing still. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LITERALLY DESIGNED FOR. If you want protection from automobiles, you need a motorcycle helmet or a helmet as worn by race drivers. A bike helmet won't do shit, isn't designed to do shit in that situation. You're just being superstitious.
Sometime ago, I would have agreed with you...
Then I learned the hard way.
Yes not wearing a helmet on a bike is a big issue. For the biker
To whit, I wish more people didn't wear seatbelts, especially SUV and Cybertruck drivers
Most people where?
Europe, the Netherlands especially.
The overall average rate of helmet-wearing in all cities was 22%. The highest rate was observed in London (60.9%). The next highest, though far behind, were Vienna (26.7 %) and Berlin (24.3%), followed by Warsaw (22%), Copenhagen and Paris (both 19.9 %).
The lowest rate of helmet-wearing occurred in Amsterdam (1.1%).
“Hardly anyone wears a helmet there,” the study noted.
“When you look at the number of accidents as a ratio of distance traveled, the Netherlands is the second safest country after Denmark in which to ride a bicycle,” Luigi Ancona, an accident researcher for DEKRA, said in a statement. “Our figures clearly suggest a link between a bicycle-friendly infrastructure, the subjective feeling of safety and the rate of helmet-wearing.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2021/12/29/in-european-cities-bicycle-helmet-use-differs-but-wearing-them-saves-lives/
So then what you said earlier about it "not being a big issue" seems to only apply to places where there is "bicycle-friendly infrastructure" at the least. Quite assumptive to say your original statement, don't you think? Most of America, for example, is not bicycle-friendly.
Yes bike safety comes from a bicycle safe city.
Most of America does not even ride bikes, they have a whole host of issues to address with ridership. Helmets aren’t the problem.
And in the US (I refuse to call it America) helmet laws tend to be selectively enforced against minorities
Your own study is saying it's the infrastructure that helps with safety.
There's nothing there about the helmets themselves.
That would be a different study ie rate of injury and death in cases of accidents in wearing a helmet vs not wearing one.