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Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safety reasons
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#13IIRC it is studied that cars behave more dangerously around bikers with helmets while they give a wide berth to unhelmeted bikers.
"it is studied" Source please? This sounds like absolute bullshit. I've known so many people who have been killed or permanently disfigured because they didn't wear a helmet while biking in a large city. Cars don't give a fuck about us.
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#14At my scale, I know that when I go mountain biking, when I have an helmet, I go faster and take much more risk than when I don't have an helmet. I don't have any data point about road biking, because I never wear a helmet. But thinking about it, I would also take more risks with more protective equipments
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#15How dare those guys drive on roads with cars!
This seems insane. Even if the data supported this, anyone from the PR department should have seen how much bad press this generates from a mile away.
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#16At my scale, I know that when I go mountain biking, when I have an helmet, I go faster and take much more risk than when I don't have an helmet. I don't have any data point about road biking, because I never wear a helmet. But thinking about it, I would also take more risks with more protective equipments
But what is your overall safety. Like can you still get seriously injured being careful not wearing a helmet
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#17Helmets are trying to reduce an already tiny risk. We live in a world of safety fanaticism.
Unlikely in the average but catastrophic to the individuals who lose the bet. Often society has to pay for the consequence to the victim.
Which reminds me I need to get a helmet for my youngest, even though she's only a rider.
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#18At my scale, I know that when I go mountain biking, when I have an helmet, I go faster and take much more risk than when I don't have an helmet. I don't have any data point about road biking, because I never wear a helmet. But thinking about it, I would also take more risks with more protective equipments
I know me, I was already going as fast as possible on a city bike. With a helmet I'm safer when actually having an accident.
Re: Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safety reasons
#19Helmets are trying to reduce an already tiny risk. We live in a world of safety fanaticism.
It’s political correctness gone mad!
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#20This is a pedicab service. A cynic would assume that Pedal Me is mandating this (and thus putting their drivers at risk) because passengers are more nervous about taking a service where the driver wears a helmet and they do not.