Comment on Induced Demand
feannag@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoI like the idea, but if it doesn’t work than it’s not great. Plus sharing helmets can be I’ll advised for health reasons.
I know there was a company in Europe that was working on a portable airbag style helmet. Hopefully something like that would make bike share more viable.
Even with dedicated lanes, bike accidents without helmets are more dangerous.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Are bike accidents really dangerous when you’re protected from cars and we’re talking about single gear bikes that barely go 10 mph?
feannag@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I don’t know. I’m not sure if anyone has those stats specifically. I know that head injuries are the leading cause of cyclist deaths and un-helmeted riders are three times more likely to die from head injuries
www.tandfonline.com/doi/…/15389588.2024.2363476#a…
This is data from Denmark, so a bike-centric country with good infrastructure. It still reports a significant decrease in traumatic brain injury for helmet use in a given crash.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 days ago
The question isn’t do helmets reduce the risk of head injury, its “is that reduction worth the inconvenience given this situation”, for example for most people, walking around their own home has a low enough risk of head injury that a helmet isn’t worth it, while riding a motorcycle is, if you have anything to protect.
The total number of accidents and population in those cities helps. The fact that Denmark doesn’t have a helmet law suggests to me that people are expected to have the judgement regarding the risk they’re actually taking.