While I wear a helmet almost every time I bike, I will never push someone to wear one if they’re not convinced. Not cycling is almost always worse than not having a helmet. Cars are more dangerous, so is being sedentary.
The Netherlands, kingdom of cycling has almost no helmet use because the streets are safe and well designed.
By that same metric it would make sense to wear a helmet while walking, in case you slip and fall. Or While driving.
People in Netherlands commonly ride heavy, non aerodynamic bikes that would make the long, fast, hilly commutes we do in my city a fucking nightmare and at that slow speed you could see why someone would think not wearing a helmet was a chill move. I’ve, of course seen someone get their foot stuck in a pedal strap at a full stop, fall over and crack their head on a sidewalk, so there is no situation I would consider safe without a helmet on a bike.
While I wear a helmet almost every time I bike, I will never push someone to wear one if they’re not convinced. Not cycling is almost always worse than not having a helmet. Cars are more dangerous, so is being sedentary.
The Netherlands, kingdom of cycling has almost no helmet use because the streets are safe and well designed.
By that same metric it would make sense to wear a helmet while walking, in case you slip and fall. Or While driving.
People in Netherlands commonly ride heavy, non aerodynamic bikes that would make the long, fast, hilly commutes we do in my city a fucking nightmare and at that slow speed you could see why someone would think not wearing a helmet was a chill move. I’ve, of course seen someone get their foot stuck in a pedal strap at a full stop, fall over and crack their head on a sidewalk, so there is no situation I would consider safe without a helmet on a bike.