2007-05-16 16:00:21.282075+00 by ebradway 4 comments
Sometimes bike helmets actually work:
"I didn't see it coming, but I sure felt it roll over my head," he told The Capital Times newspaper. "It feels really strange to have a truck run over your head."
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#Comment Re: made: 2007-05-16 19:42:43.343388+00 by: Dan Lyke
It's been fun to watch the helmet/anti-helmet flame wars on some of the biking mailing lists: "It didn't roll over his head, it rolled over the top of his helmet, look at how it's crushed", and so forth.
But the main lesson here: Bike paths will kill you if you travel at bike speeds. Get on the road where cars and trucks will see you and treat you like traffic, rather than on a multi-use path where they'll see you as a pedestrian.
#Comment Re: made: 2007-05-18 01:15:14.763621+00 by: warkitty
I have this argument with a friend of mine all the time. He's a big fan of dedicated bike paths, and I hate them with a passion. He thinks they're safer for bike commuters, I think they're only "safer" if you're traveling an average of 8mph or below.
#Comment Re: made: 2007-05-18 01:58:29.169978+00 by: Dan Lyke
They're safer if:
Actually, I guess the real lesson is: If it's actually a "bike path", great, then it meets those criteria. Otherwise it's a "multi-use path", and cyclists at 20MPH (and even inline skaters at circa 10MPH) don't mix well with pedestrian uses.
#Comment Re: made: 2007-05-19 01:26:48.855063+00 by: Mars Saxman
Cyclists don't mix well with automotive uses, either...