I’m still blown away, in this day and age, by how many parents don’t make their kids wear helmets on bike trips. It’s almost as shocking to me as people who take up smoking.
Not to your own personal choice, but there absolutely is downside to stigma and helmet mandates. Studies show they reduce cycling numbers which means people drive instead, which increases death and injury, because spoiler, cars are dangerous.
I’m still blown away, in this day and age, by how many parents don’t make their kids wear helmets on bike trips. It’s almost as shocking to me as people who take up smoking.
Tell me you are not Dutch, without telling me you are not dutch
I mean, the Dutch are less than 1% of the world’s population, I feel like you’ve got a pretty good chance of saying that about anything.
At least smoking is relaxing and delicious. There’s zero upside to not wearing a helmet.
Not to your own personal choice, but there absolutely is downside to stigma and helmet mandates. Studies show they reduce cycling numbers which means people drive instead, which increases death and injury, because spoiler, cars are dangerous.
Good article with references:
https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/bike-helmets-cyclist-deaths-do-you-need-to-wear.html
And more on other issues too with helmet mandates, like how police enforce… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/us-helmet-laws-police-citations-cyclists-of-colour-homeless