TEDxCopenhagen - Mikael Colville-Andersen - Why We Shouldn't Bike with a Helmet

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Dove · 2016-09 · Recommendation

If this is a new topic to you (I don't mean, you , SturgeonsLaw, as you are clearly familiar with it :) -- I mean the reader), you would do well to consider both sides. I personally find the arguments that bike helmets cause more harm than good persuasive, and a good and thorough introduction may be found here: [LINK] If you would rather watch than read, there's this: [VIDEO]

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m0nty · 2016-08 · Recommendation

[VIDEO] Anyone just blindly downvoting snovv_crash should check out the video above and any number of other resources, such as this one: [LINK] There are strong feelings on both sides, but many cyclists feel helmets are a distraction from the real issues which make cyclists unsafe: poor road design and unsafe driving. Cycling itself is (counter-intuitively) a very safe activity which looks dangerous; everyone assumes driving and walking are safe but often they are not. Yet nobody seriously proposes helmets for pedestrians or drivers, just cyclists.

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m463 · 2024-05 · Reference

reminds me of the bicycle helmet stuff. There was a ted talk that said bicycle helmet laws would kill more people than save. The reasoning was preventing people from riding would also prevent increased fitness, and more lives were lost from that than saved from accidents. EDIT: I think this one: [VIDEO]

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