Bike helmet debate: Drivers dehumanize cyclists wearing helmets or vests
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Many bicycling advocates fiercely oppose bike helmet laws, pointing to racial disparities in citations and reduced ridership.

Drivers who view bikers as 89% human or less are nearly two times more aggressive in their driving behaviors.

  • AchtungDrempels@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I had no idea there was a big backing for bike helmet mandates in the us.

    I hope the ebike boom doesn’t push this idea further and fuck it up for everybody else.

    • Sundance@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      1 year ago

      Helmets are pretty functional. They do lesson impacts significantly. They have saved many lives.

      Requiring them is wrong.

      We should ban the dangerous thing not require the life vest.

      • AchtungDrempels@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        If my subjective statistics are correct, they really have saved an incredible amount of lifes, like about a quarter of the americans who take part in online bicycle discussions.

        Sarcasm aside, i have nothing against helmets, whatever hat fits you best. But i’m really against helmet mandates where i live, i want our bicycling culture to be more like in the netherlands, not australia.

        • Sundance@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Fully agree. Pro helmet but anti mandate law.

          When I lived in there Netherlands I road helmets for sport biking and didn’t for causal riding to the park etc.

          Then one day I crashed in a hurry. Head to cement. Concussion, depression and headaches. After that it’s helmet almost all the time.

          We should live in a world where it’s safe to ride free but recognize that accidents happen and cycling is inherently dangerous