Comments on: 07/04/2012 – Fourth Fall http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/ Sat, 25 May 2013 19:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: malenki http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-56567 malenki Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:16:52 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-56567 Though I ride bike since ~25 years and fell quite often in the beginning, I cannot remember ever having made contact head-to-ground. Injuries of knees, hands, elbows and hips (in this order) occurred of course. In the rare cases I happen to underestimate physics nowadays I mostly manage to hop off the bike somehow and let it crash alone (someone should video that for evaluation). Though I ride bike since ~25 years and fell quite often in the beginning, I cannot remember ever having made contact head-to-ground. Injuries of knees, hands, elbows and hips (in this order) occurred of course. In the rare cases I happen to underestimate physics nowadays I mostly manage to hop off the bike somehow and let it crash alone (someone should video that for evaluation).

]]> By: Pierre http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53380 Pierre Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:24:27 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53380 Well said. I've broken a couple of helmets falling off my bike and while I might not have died if I hadn't been wearing the helmet, I would probably have been more badly injured. It seems a small step to take to make a possible difference. Like the seatbelt in my car, most of the time I don't need it, and it won't save my life in every circumstance. But in my opinion it's worth wearing it just in case something happens, because it can prevent something worse happening. Well said. I’ve broken a couple of helmets falling off my bike and while I might not have died if I hadn’t been wearing the helmet, I would probably have been more badly injured. It seems a small step to take to make a possible difference. Like the seatbelt in my car, most of the time I don’t need it, and it won’t save my life in every circumstance. But in my opinion it’s worth wearing it just in case something happens, because it can prevent something worse happening.

]]> By: DaveUK http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53345 DaveUK Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:49:33 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53345 I've stopped wearing my helmet of late, but only when the majority of my ride is off-road on tracks and trails.  Of my 2 major on road tumbles my head never make contact with the road/pavement/tarmac etc. but it did save me (I think from) being scalped by the brush and rear tyre of the road sweeper that pulled ou tin front of me.  I wear one for the same reasons as Widsith really and my wife has the same attitude to helmet wearing as his special lady. I’ve stopped wearing my helmet of late, but only when the majority of my ride is off-road on tracks and trails.  Of my 2 major on road tumbles my head never make contact with the road/pavement/tarmac etc. but it did save me (I think from) being scalped by the brush and rear tyre of the road sweeper that pulled ou tin front of me.  I wear one for the same reasons as Widsith really and my wife has the same attitude to helmet wearing as his special lady.

]]> By: Jonathan Krall http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53357 Jonathan Krall Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:00:56 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53357 ... And Kudos to Rick for launching today's free fireworks.  Very patriotic.  :) … And Kudos to Rick for launching today’s free fireworks.  Very patriotic.  :)

]]> By: Jonathan Krall http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53356 Jonathan Krall Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:59:26 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53356 I don't wear a helmet because, like it or not, I'm seen as a role model in my small city.  I'd rather not be seen as encouraging fear-based marketing of useless junk.  It's pretty clear to me why helmets are so popular in the USA, where I live.  We have a motorized-vehicle fatality rate (per unit population) that is 3-4 times that of a typical European country.  People are scared to ride and are vulnerable to fear-based marketing.  As it stands, the fatality rate in the USA is decreasing, but only for people on the _inside_ of cars.  The rest of us are left to a) run and hide, b) put on a helmet and hope for the best, and/or c) advocate for safer roadway designs. I don’t wear a helmet because, like it or not, I’m seen as a role model in my small city.  I’d rather not be seen as encouraging fear-based marketing of useless junk. 

It’s pretty clear to me why helmets are so popular in the USA, where I live.  We have a motorized-vehicle fatality rate (per unit population) that is 3-4 times that of a typical European country.  People are scared to ride and are vulnerable to fear-based marketing.  As it stands, the fatality rate in the USA is decreasing, but only for people on the _inside_ of cars.  The rest of us are left to a) run and hide, b) put on a helmet and hope for the best, and/or c) advocate for safer roadway designs.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53346 Widsith Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:45:05 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53346 I'm not sure why people always assume that complaints about helmets are based on "messed up hair" or a concern for "fashion."  Am I the only one who gets annoyed at constantly being told that something I started doing 30 or 40 years before the advice-givers were born is suddenly "unsafe" unless I wear a piece of plastic that hadn't even been invented back then?  I think I've been around long enough to make those sorts of decisions for myself.  At least the lady who talked me into wearing a helmet is within a year of my own age. I’m not sure why people always assume that complaints about helmets are based on “messed up hair” or a concern for “fashion.”  Am I the only one who gets annoyed at constantly being told that something I started doing 30 or 40 years before the advice-givers were born is suddenly “unsafe” unless I wear a piece of plastic that hadn’t even been invented back then?  I think I’ve been around long enough to make those sorts of decisions for myself.  At least the lady who talked me into wearing a helmet is within a year of my own age.

]]> By: Rick Smith http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53350 Rick Smith Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:36:31 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53350 Fixed - sorry... I moved and didn't have access to the computer until just now. Should be good to go going forward... well, except for the pesky commenting system. Fixed – sorry… I moved and didn’t have access to the computer until just now. Should be good to go going forward… well, except for the pesky commenting system.

]]> By: KarlOnSea http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53374 KarlOnSea Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:41:14 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53374 I doubt it. For example, if an average person does 1,000 miles a year just pootling around (i.e. just 20 miles a week - probably a big underestimate), then that would mean that the sports cyclists would have to be doing 30,000 miles a year to have the same incident rate. That's over 80 miles a day! I doubt it. For example, if an average person does 1,000 miles a year just pootling around (i.e. just 20 miles a week – probably a big underestimate), then that would mean that the sports cyclists would have to be doing 30,000 miles a year to have the same incident rate. That’s over 80 miles a day!

]]> By: Kapusta http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53347 Kapusta Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:37:33 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53347 There are two separate questions that are often confused as being the same: 1- Should on wear a helmet? 2- Are cumpulsory helmet laws a good idea? As far as I know, I have yet to see any logic behind NOT wearing a helmet, other than getting messed up hair. However, the compusory law part is more complicated. If I am just tooling around an area that I feel is very low risk, I will sometimes skip the helmet. However, I mtb a lot, so a helmet is so second nature I almost feel naked without one. There are two separate questions that are often confused as being the same:
1- Should on wear a helmet?
2- Are cumpulsory helmet laws a good idea?

As far as I know, I have yet to see any logic behind NOT wearing a helmet, other than getting messed up hair. However, the compusory law part is more complicated.

If I am just tooling around an area that I feel is very low risk, I will sometimes skip the helmet. However, I mtb a lot, so a helmet is so second nature I almost feel naked without one.

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20120704/#comment-53355 Tencon Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:00:15 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07042012/#comment-53355 Not if he's 99! ;-) Not if he’s 99! ;-)

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