Comments on: 09/21/2012 – The Outlook Looks Good / Grim http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/ Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: malenki http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56801 malenki Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:26:36 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56801 Not to forget: They are being tested falling on your head dismounted from your body. Not to forget: They are being tested falling on your head dismounted from your body.

]]> By: Stefan http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56133 Stefan Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:25:03 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56133 "I have made the decision to prevent injury and illness wherever possible" so you use a helmet in cars? and on stairs? “I have made the decision to prevent injury and illness wherever possible”
so you use a helmet in cars? and on stairs?

]]> By: Accordion http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56119 Accordion Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:04:53 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56119 I wear a seatbelt, drive defensively and have a car with pumped up tyres, excellent brakes and airbags (front and side). I ride with a helmet, using quiet streets or separated lanes. I have regular health checks and keep my family's immunisations up to date. When I go to loud concerts I use ear plugs, I wear a helmet when skating, along with wrist guards. Oh and I wear sunscreen and use sunglasses too. I've had concussion a few times (prior to bike helmet laws) along with skin cancer scares. I am a very firm believer in prevention. The comments here have a lot of common themes along the lines of personal choice, yet nothing along the lines of corresponding responsibilities. I have made the decision to prevent injury and illness wherever possible as I am responsible for and too, others. I think it terribly unfair that a loved one should suffer the agonies of caring for me or grieving for me, because of choices I've made. I wear a seatbelt, drive defensively and have a car with pumped up tyres, excellent brakes and airbags (front and side). I ride with a helmet, using quiet streets or separated lanes. I have regular health checks and keep my family’s immunisations up to date. When I go to loud concerts I use ear plugs, I wear a helmet when skating, along with wrist guards. Oh and I wear sunscreen and use sunglasses too.
I’ve had concussion a few times (prior to bike helmet laws) along with skin cancer scares. I am a very firm believer in prevention.
The comments here have a lot of common themes along the lines of personal choice, yet nothing along the lines of corresponding responsibilities. I have made the decision to prevent injury and illness wherever possible as I am responsible for and too, others. I think it terribly unfair that a loved one should suffer the agonies of caring for me or grieving for me, because of choices I’ve made.

]]> By: GoodCheer http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56110 GoodCheer Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:05:45 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56110 It's much more statistically defensible to attribute the 'initial' drop in biking to the helmet law than the subsequent rise. Too many other things have happened in society (eg. the dramatic increase in the price of gas, increased urbanization, growth of cycling infrastructure) that could reasonably influence cycling rates positively. It’s much more statistically defensible to attribute the ‘initial’ drop in biking to the helmet law than the subsequent rise. Too many other things have happened in society (eg. the dramatic increase in the price of gas, increased urbanization, growth of cycling infrastructure) that could reasonably influence cycling rates positively.

]]> By: GoodCheer http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56109 GoodCheer Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:01:41 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56109 So wear a helmet. I wear one. But I know for a (well supported) fact that the greatest contributor to my cycling safety is the degree of familiarity of car drivers to sharing the road. It has been shown that reducing cycling even a little has a dramatic impact on the rate at which cyclists get hit by cars. Thus, for my own safety, I oppose helmet laws. So wear a helmet. I wear one. But I know for a (well supported) fact that the greatest contributor to my cycling safety is the degree of familiarity of car drivers to sharing the road. It has been shown that reducing cycling even a little has a dramatic impact on the rate at which cyclists get hit by cars.

Thus, for my own safety, I oppose helmet laws.

]]> By: GoodCheer http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56108 GoodCheer Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:58:20 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56108 Solo accidents make up just about none of the serious injuries that result from cycling. (Not literally none, but near enough to none to be a rounding error, at least for cyclist above 16 or so). Solo accidents make up just about none of the serious injuries that result from cycling. (Not literally none, but near enough to none to be a rounding error, at least for cyclist above 16 or so).

]]> By: Kent http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56096 Kent Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:49:44 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56096 Because there is no objective morality. It's a curse of all those things our big brains have given us ... self awareness, knowledge (and more specifically, fear) of the future, etc. Because there is no objective morality. It’s a curse of all those things our big brains have given us … self awareness, knowledge (and more specifically, fear) of the future, etc.

]]> By: Stefan http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56073 Stefan Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:49:26 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56073 "How many pedestrians have been injured or killed in solo accidents with no one else around? My guess = zero." I personaly know a few who got serious head injuries without the help of alkohol or other people, just by walking. Non of them died, but I also just knew one person who died while riding a bike (frome heart attack). “How many pedestrians have been injured or killed in solo accidents with no one else around? My guess = zero.”
I personaly know a few who got serious head injuries without the help of alkohol or other people, just by walking. Non of them died, but I also just knew one person who died while riding a bike (frome heart attack).

]]> By: Stefan http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56072 Stefan Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:43:17 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56072 Do you wear a helmet in your car? why not? what makes you fear dissapear once you entered a vehicle that causes more head/brain damage than a bike? Do you wear a helmet in your car? why not? what makes you fear dissapear once you entered a vehicle that causes more head/brain damage than a bike?

]]> By: perthcyclist http://yehudamoon.com/09212012/#comment-56066 perthcyclist Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:32:38 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3505#comment-56066 perhaps if you stand a chance of falling of your bike, hitting your head and dying when there is noone else around... you should get a tricycle! perhaps if you stand a chance of falling of your bike, hitting your head and dying when there is noone else around… you should get a tricycle!

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