Comment on Induced Demand

• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Some bike models have a helmet that sits in the basket, and is supposed to unlock with the bike. But the lock never works, and I asked a worker about it and he was like “don’t worry about it”.

  I think nobody bothered to use the helmet because there’s dedicated, usually separated, bike lanes almost everywhere. And then there’s a giant sidewalk you can ride on if you want to go even slower.

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  • feannag@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I like the idea, but if it doesn’t work than it’s not great. Plus sharing helmets can be I’ll advised for health reasons.

    I know there was a company in Europe that was working on a portable airbag style helmet. Hopefully something like that would make bike share more viable.

    Even with dedicated lanes, bike accidents without helmets are more dangerous.

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    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Are bike accidents really dangerous when you’re protected from cars and we’re talking about single gear bikes that barely go 10 mph?

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      • feannag@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I don’t know. I’m not sure if anyone has those stats specifically. I know that head injuries are the leading cause of cyclist deaths and un-helmeted riders are three times more likely to die from head injuries

        www.tandfonline.com/doi/…/15389588.2024.2363476#a…

        This is data from Denmark, so a bike-centric country with good infrastructure. It still reports a significant decrease in traumatic brain injury for helmet use in a given crash.

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