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I'd be dead a few times if it wasn't for my bike helmet.
It always amazes me how more helmet-pushers claim to have had their lives saved than the total of all cyclists to die from non-collision head injuries (as cycle helmets aren't intended or tested for collisions) since bikes was invented.
Yeah helmets are excellent for cycling sports like road racing or downhill mtb, situations where the crash is caused by something below the bike and you go over the bars head first. They don't make much of a difference in most cases when you're being hit or going under an automobile at speed.
What about low speed collisions where the impact does kill you but your head hitting the curb like a melon does? My city has 20mph zone in most locations now so most collisions aren't fatal directly but you're still going to hit the ground
Ever been to The Netherlands? Whole dang country is cycling in a 20mph zone without a helmet.
NL has the infrastructure and civic sense to respect cyclists.
The two roads near me are 60 and 80 km/h with no cycling lanes. People are absolute cunts to me on the road near my house. I basically own a van to drive my bike to the bike path.