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		mackrevinack on Dec 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mandatory helmet laws make cyclists less safe but would you have hit your head if you weren't wearing a helmet? maybe you would have been more cautious! maybe people are slightly more careless/risk taking when they take certain safety measures?

bluGill on Dec 5, 2022 [–]

Cars in the 1950s had what amounted to spikes in the middle of the steering wheel and it didn't cause people to be more careful.

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