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E-bike head trauma soars as helmet use falls, study finds (www.npr.org)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: Don't bother reporting people criticizing others for not wearing a helmet. It's not victim blaming, just like criticizing someone for not wearing a seatbelt isn't victim blaming.

Wear your helmets people: Of course nobody deserves to get hit by a car but the reality is people are getting hit by cars.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not my head, sure.

But when they rack up a few million in hospital bills that they can't pay because they're in a permanent vegetative state, the hospital will pass that cost on to everyone else.

If they want to go without a helmet, I say that they should not be allowed to access EMS without first being able to demonstrate ability to pay.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I get what you're saying but then again; cigarettes, alchohol, fast food, sedentary lifestyle.. This same argument applies to so many more aspects of life aswell. We got to draw the line somewhere. I don't want to live in a world where hospital denies treatment because you "caused it yourself"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Then that's your argument for mandatory helmet laws right there. Which I don't actually object to. I ride a motorcycle, and most states have helmet laws. I don't wear just a helmet though; I ride with full leathers every time because I'm aware that riding a motorcycle potentially fatal. I think that you can make a reasonable distinction between, "riding without leathers could cost you a limb" versus "riding without a helmet could cost you your higher brain function", and say that a helmet law is reasonable, while requiring leathers is not. I think you could quite reasonably require that a helmet be worn by all people riding bicycles--electric or not--on public roads.