_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoE-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roofwww.tomsguide.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkE-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roofwww.tomsguide.com_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThis 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
minus-squareBoscoBear@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoA helmet won’t stop a car.
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoA 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
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
A helmet won’t stop a car.
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