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I love it. I would think that these will catch on, especially if they are accepted by the insurance agencies.
More cyclists, motored or not, wearing them will be a help to everyone. Technology put to good use. Thanks! Hope they catch on in the USA now.
Posted by LynnOpportunity
30th Aug
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What gets me...
Are the "helmet Nazis" who assume that EVERYONE is safer with a helmet than without one. I say not so.

I rode bikes exclusively for many years, and NEVER (with one exception) got in front of a car. For one thing, I road at night, For another, I NEVER got between a line of parked car-doors and a traffic lane (MOST bike lanes are put into this death-zone).

The one time was an outlier, and it was funny -- the driver oozed around a corner while looking in the other direction (and me standing astride my bike in the crosswalk, watching him), and finally looked my way AS I let myself fall onto his car hood. Myself and my bike were fine, but the driver was mortified.

Now, I fell many times when underway, but only onto the scenery, and never into a vehicle. And I became so good at falling, that the most I got were scrapes and one collar-bone fracture. In other words, I LEARNED my defense against fall-damage.

And I hated, and still hate, helmets, simply because they cut off one's vision, and add mass to the head, which must CONSTANTLY be scanning the environment for situational awareness. Mirrors are no substitute for actually SEEING what is behind you -- especially when one is not in the middle of a rolling cage of steel.
Posted by Lightning Joe
13th Oct
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