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Honestly, if they are biking around campus, they don’t need helmets. Helmets are needed on American roads because of poor biking infrastructure (not an issue on campus or in the Netherlands). The article is taking liberties using nationwide statistics to criticize local behavior.
- Some people who normally wear helmets might not wear one when going slowly from building to building within a campus where there are few/no cars or other dangers around.
- These people might have had to wear a mask at the location they're coming from (e.g., a lecture hall) and the location they're going to.
- So...it may just be easiest to hop on your bike, ride to another building close by, and leave your mask on.
It’s interesting that the OP didn’t also consider that people wear masks on bikes to block out truck and car fumes and other particles that tend to fly in your face. I rarely wear a helmet when biking, but there’s a noticeable benefit when I’m biking around traffic and don’t have to breath in car exhaust because I’m wearing a mask.
If it’s not N95 it won’t be blocking out P2.5 particulates emitted from exhausts.
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If it’s not N95 it won’t be blocking out P2.5 particulates emitted from exhausts.
And if it is, you'll have a much harder time breathing.
It’s interesting that the OP didn’t also consider that people wear masks on bikes to block out truck and car fumes and other particles that tend to fly in your face. I rarely wear a helmet when biking, but there’s a noticeable benefit when I’m biking around traffic and don’t have to breath in car exhaust because I’m wearing a mask.
If it’s not N95 it won’t be blocking out P2.5 particulates emitted from exhausts.
We all like to think that Stanford students may not be as bright as they're purported to be (I have fun thinking this too!) but here's my theory: - Some people who normally wear helmets might not wear one when going slowly from building to building within a campus where there are few/no cars or other dangers around. - These people might have had to wear a mask at the location they're coming from (e.g., a lecture hall…
It’s interesting that the OP didn’t also consider that people wear masks on bikes to block out truck and car fumes and other particles that tend to fly in your face. I rarely wear a helmet when biking, but there’s a noticeable benefit when I’m biking around traffic and don’t have to breath in car exhaust because I’m wearing a mask.
This has been the best proof that intelligence and common sense don't necessarily go together. Not to single out Stanford students, there is no common sense to be found anywhere lately.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
And if it is, you'll have a much harder time breathing.
I have been wearing N95 when biking in the city for a year now. It is great, it is not difficult to breath at all (I am really incredulous at people making that claim), and it provides a measurable difference in the air I breath (a nasty but efficient way to measure that is looking at your snot if you bike while having a cold).
I'm quite interested in better breathing when riding my bike when air quality ocassionaly drops so I'll give it a try!