_haha_oh_wow_M to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months 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_M to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarebluGilllinkfedilink10•8 months 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-square@PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months 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-square_haha_oh_wow_OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoWhat we need is a full body car resistant helmet!
minus-squarebluGilllinkfedilink3•8 months agoUntil this mythical technology exists though I’m not going to comment on it.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months 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