_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEnding Our Obsession With Bike Helmetsstreets.mnexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down126
arrow-up1-18arrow-down1external-linkEnding Our Obsession With Bike Helmetsstreets.mn_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarebluGill@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year agoHelmets won’t protect against getting hit by a car. However they will protect against a lot of other things that can go wrong. Do not like perfect be the enemy of good.
minus-squarePeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThey’ll protect me from myself. I’ve crashed into a median before and did a head-over-heels flip on my bike before. A helmet was really useful then.
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoLike your head hitting the curb
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat we need is a full body car resistant helmet!
minus-squarebluGill@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoUntil this mythical technology exists though I’m not going to comment on it.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agolol, there’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cDDFIUhrPQ
Helmets won’t protect against getting hit by a car. However they will protect against a lot of other things that can go wrong. Do not like perfect be the enemy of good.
They’ll protect me from myself.
I’ve crashed into a median before and did a head-over-heels flip on my bike before. A helmet was really useful then.
Like your head hitting the curb
What we need is a full body car resistant helmet!
Until this mythical technology exists though I’m not going to comment on it.
lol, there’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cDDFIUhrPQ