_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoE-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roofwww.tomsguide.comexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down115
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkE-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roofwww.tomsguide.com_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·9 months agoThis is an inherently close minded take on helmets. If you’re sharing the road with vehicles which can go 30mph, you need a helmet. You don’t need to be moving to be killed on a bike
minus-squareDuranie@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoIt’s been years since Go Pros were first becoming popular, but I remember stumbling across a biking forum and was appalled at the number of riders posting videos of assholes in cars trying to run them off the road. All it takes is once.
minus-squareBoscoBear@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·9 months agoA helmet won’t stop a car.
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoA helmet will undoubtedly reduce the incurred injury of a collision or at least increase the threshold of force required for major head injury. At the end of the day, the only thing which really matters is protecting your head. Limbs are a bonus
This is an inherently close minded take on helmets.
If you’re sharing the road with vehicles which can go 30mph, you need a helmet. You don’t need to be moving to be killed on a bike
It’s been years since Go Pros were first becoming popular, but I remember stumbling across a biking forum and was appalled at the number of riders posting videos of assholes in cars trying to run them off the road. All it takes is once.
A helmet won’t stop a car.
A helmet will undoubtedly reduce the incurred injury of a collision or at least increase the threshold of force required for major head injury.
At the end of the day, the only thing which really matters is protecting your head. Limbs are a bonus