> Mandatory helmet laws do not prevent people from riding bikes. Just like mandatory seat belt laws did not prevent anyone from driving cars!
I don't see how adding friction does not lead to a reduction in cycling?
Unlike helmets, seat belts are one size fits all and they're built into the car. I'm not putting on someone else's sweaty and gross helmet.
But you've hit on the right issue: helmets would be far less necessary if car drivers could stop hitting people. There aren't a whole lot of people just falling over all alone in a bike lane and outside Tour De France recaps, bike-on-bike crashes are also uncommon and uneventful. Remove the 3 tons of metal whizzing by and helmets would probably be reserved for winter conditions, rain, or sport activities.
The solution isn't in changing biking. It's in changing driving.
You also have to carry it around, it increases the surface area of your head, it's harder to do shoulder checks, they are uncomfortable when it's hot out, and for some hair types it messes up your hair for the day.
I don't see how adding friction does not lead to a reduction in cycling?
Unlike helmets, seat belts are one size fits all and they're built into the car. I'm not putting on someone else's sweaty and gross helmet.
But you've hit on the right issue: helmets would be far less necessary if car drivers could stop hitting people. There aren't a whole lot of people just falling over all alone in a bike lane and outside Tour De France recaps, bike-on-bike crashes are also uncommon and uneventful. Remove the 3 tons of metal whizzing by and helmets would probably be reserved for winter conditions, rain, or sport activities.
The solution isn't in changing biking. It's in changing driving.