• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    should we wear helmets while walking around or jogging? riding a bike at 5mph doesn’t need a helmet. or in the shower? most folks get head trauma from shower falls, far more than bicycle accidents.

    helmet wearing is for when you’re going 15mph or faster. it’s for sport cycling.

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      8 months ago

      This is an inherently close minded take on helmets.

      If you’re sharing the road with vehicles which can go 30mph, you need a helmet. You don’t need to be moving to be killed on a bike

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        8 months ago

        It’s been years since Go Pros were first becoming popular, but I remember stumbling across a biking forum and was appalled at the number of riders posting videos of assholes in cars trying to run them off the road. All it takes is once.

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          8 months ago

          A helmet will undoubtedly reduce the incurred injury of a collision or at least increase the threshold of force required for major head injury.

          At the end of the day, the only thing which really matters is protecting your head. Limbs are a bonus