It’s been a fab couple of days but we’re both very tired after being on the go all day and into the evening and walking 7km each day just getting from place to place (we walked whenever feasible but did take the bus or tube for longer distances).
My stepdaughter and her partner are doing absolutely brilliantly at this new parent lark, both very intuitive and hands on with the baby, working as a team to figure out what his needs are. Really proud of them.
7 weeks until grandson number two arrives and we do all of this again!
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Bike Helmets: Stupid Hat or Essential Protection?
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Few topics in cycling inspire as much controversy as helmets. Some people insist they’re essential, calling non-wearers reckless and invoking harsh and violent imagery: “enjoy your traumatic brain injury”. “You’ll regret it when you’re in a hospital with a feeding tube”. You hear suggestions of denying access to public healthcare. On the opposite end, helmet skeptics argue that they’re a distraction. I’ve actually heard people call them “magic hats” that “don’t offer significant protection (if any at all)”. Helmets dehumanize cyclists and send the wrong message. They’re dorky and uncool, rather than fashionable and European.So what’s the truth about helmets?
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References:
- Protection provided
Bicycle helmets – To wear or not to wear? A meta-analyses of the effects of bicycle helmets on injuries (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Risk compensation
Drivers overtaking bicyclists: Objective data on the effects of riding
position, helmet use, vehicle type and apparent gender (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Bicycle helmet wearing is associated with closer overtaking by drivers: A response to Olivier and Walter, 2013 (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Emotional reactions to cycle helmet use (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets – Results
from an experiment of cycling speed and short-term effects
of habituation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Risk compensation? – The relationship between helmet use and cycling
speed under naturalistic conditions (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Bicycle helmets and risky behaviour: A systematic review (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Level of risk
Sport-related major trauma incidence in young people and adults in England and Wales: a national
registry-based study (injuryprevention.bmj.com/conte…)
Active Living and Injury Risk (thieme-connect.de/products/ejo…)
Epidemiology of injury in professional cyclists (bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/Suppl_…)
- Discouraging cycling
Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks? (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…)
Bicycle helmet research [CARRS-Q Monograph Series - Monograph 5] (eprints.qut.edu.au/41798/)
The effects of provincial bicycle helmet legislation on
helmet use and bicycle ridership in Canada (injuryprevention.bmj.com/conte…)
Recommend or mandate? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the
effects of mandatory bicycle helmet legislation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Helmet law makes nonsense of bike hire scheme
(theage.com.au/national/victori…)
- Dehumanization
The effect of safety attire on perceptions of cyclist dehumanisation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Claims bike helmets don't help
cnet.com/science/brain-surgeon…
rwcpulse.com/blogs/peeking-at-…
- Dutch statistics
swov.nl/en/fact-sheet/cyclists
veiligheid.nl/sites/default/fi… (English summary included)
Blog: Bike Helmets make no difference
Turns out bicycle helmet laws have never been about protection.Gerd Stieler (Redwood City Pulse)
Bike Helmets: Stupid Hat or Essential Protection?
Few topics in cycling inspire as much controversy as helmets. Some people insist they’re essential, calling non-wearers reckless and invoking harsh and violent imagery: “enjoy your traumatic brain injury”. “You’ll regret it when you’re in a hospital with a feeding tube”. You hear suggestions of denying access to public healthcare. On the opposite end, helmet skeptics argue that they’re a distraction. I’ve actually heard people call them “magic hats” that “don’t offer significant protection (if any at all)”. Helmets dehumanize cyclists and send the wrong message. They’re dorky and uncool, rather than fashionable and European.So what’s the truth about helmets?
Keep Urbanity rolling:
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BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/ohtheurbanity…For professional inquiries, please fill out the following contact form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALC…
References:
- Protection provided
Bicycle helmets – To wear or not to wear? A meta-analyses of the effects of bicycle helmets on injuries (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Risk compensation
Drivers overtaking bicyclists: Objective data on the effects of riding
position, helmet use, vehicle type and apparent gender (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Bicycle helmet wearing is associated with closer overtaking by drivers: A response to Olivier and Walter, 2013 (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Emotional reactions to cycle helmet use (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets – Results
from an experiment of cycling speed and short-term effects
of habituation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Risk compensation? – The relationship between helmet use and cycling
speed under naturalistic conditions (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Bicycle helmets and risky behaviour: A systematic review (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Level of risk
Sport-related major trauma incidence in young people and adults in England and Wales: a national
registry-based study (injuryprevention.bmj.com/conte…)
Active Living and Injury Risk (thieme-connect.de/products/ejo…)
Epidemiology of injury in professional cyclists (bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/Suppl_…)- Discouraging cycling
Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks? (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…)
Bicycle helmet research [CARRS-Q Monograph Series - Monograph 5] (eprints.qut.edu.au/41798/)
The effects of provincial bicycle helmet legislation on
helmet use and bicycle ridership in Canada (injuryprevention.bmj.com/conte…)
Recommend or mandate? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the
effects of mandatory bicycle helmet legislation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Helmet law makes nonsense of bike hire scheme
(theage.com.au/national/victori…)- Dehumanization
The effect of safety attire on perceptions of cyclist dehumanisation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)- Claims bike helmets don't help
cnet.com/science/brain-surgeon…
rwcpulse.com/blogs/peeking-at-…- Dutch statistics
swov.nl/en/fact-sheet/cyclists
veiligheid.nl/sites/default/fi… (English summary included)Blog: Bike Helmets make no difference
Turns out bicycle helmet laws have never been about protection.Gerd Stieler (Redwood City Pulse)
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So either you think that also runners should wear an helmet, or your point is not backed by data.
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