HallowellNash@lemmy.world to Bicycles@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoDrivers dehumanize bikers wearing safety gearwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDrivers dehumanize bikers wearing safety gearwww.businessinsider.comHallowellNash@lemmy.world to Bicycles@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
Drivers who view bikers as 89% human or less are nearly two times more aggressive in their driving behaviors.
minus-squareAchtungDrempels@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI had no idea there was a big backing for bike helmet mandates in the us. I hope the ebike boom doesn’t push this idea further and fuck it up for everybody else.
minus-squareSundance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoHelmets are pretty functional. They do lesson impacts significantly. They have saved many lives. Requiring them is wrong. We should ban the dangerous thing not require the life vest.
I had no idea there was a big backing for bike helmet mandates in the us.
I hope the ebike boom doesn’t push this idea further and fuck it up for everybody else.
Helmets are pretty functional. They do lesson impacts significantly. They have saved many lives.
Requiring them is wrong.
We should ban the dangerous thing not require the life vest.