"One study found that a mandatory helmet law for vehicle drivers has the potential to save 17 times as many people from death by head injury as a helmet law for cyclists" and, we might add, helmets for car drivers doesn't discourage healthy exercise.
0.5% of Dutch cyclists wear helmets. Yet theirs are the safest streets on earth. Why?
They understand it’s more effective to slow cars, build protected infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable to armour up.
米国内の大都市ではめずらしく全年齢のヘルメット着用が自転車利用者に義務付けられていたシアトルですが、昨年撤廃されていたそうです。
Repeal of helmet law is a sign of change both in bike advocacy and local politics | Seattle Bike Blog