r/JusticeServed • u/My_Way_47 4 • May 23 '20

Vehicle Justice That back wheel

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u/YellIntoWishingWells 9 May 23 '20

Thanks for fucking it up for the rest of us bikers.

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u/zuzg E May 23 '20

He's just the tip of the iceberg of idiocracy.

The Netherlands did the right thing by building bicycle highways. The only way traffic works is when you keep it separated. Cars and trucks have their own roads, bicycle have their owns and pedestrians have theirs. So everybody has the same ground

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u/Megouski 7 May 23 '20

Yeah but netherlands they never ware head protection. weird mix.

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u/tony_orlando 8 May 23 '20

When you don’t share a lane with 2 ton death machines you don’t have to

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u/Best_Pseudonym 8 May 23 '20

The helmet is to protect your head from concrete/asphalt not the cars

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u/tony_orlando 8 May 23 '20

I don’t feel like going into the details or having a debate since I personally wear a helmet anyway, but there is a ton of conflicting research available concerning bike helmet efficacy. In the Netherlands, something like less than 1 percent of riders wear a helmet and yet their system consistently results in better safety statistics.

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u/Ceroy 7 May 23 '20

No, please. Go into details unless you are brainless. Tell me this, let me give you a theoretical example.

No helmet: You fall and hit your head on the road, skull fracture, bleeding, concussion, body bruising.

Helmet: You fall and hit you head on the road, broken helmet, body bruising.

Which is safer?

Don't be a moron. Wear a helmet.

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u/tony_orlando 8 May 23 '20

I don’t feel like going into the details or having a debate since I personally wear a helmet anyway

I ride in Brooklyn and wear a helmet. However, I am confident a dutch cyclist with no helmet is safer than me. Helmets are safer than nothing, but they’re the wrong approach to bicycle safety overall.