metro article on helmets

[Red Light]

If I was going to fall over, Id rather do it walking than cycling at 15 mph. Again just my opinion.

15mph is 50-125% over the design limit of a cycle helmet depending on which standard it is designed to. Would you do a bungee jump on a rope that was being used 50-125% over its design limit?


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[Little yellow Brompton]

I never said walking was more dangerous?

You have evidence that cycling is more dangerous per Km than walking?

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

In genearal really, cyclists move quicker than walkers, so if anything goes wrong its more dangerous. Just how it looks to me.

You are now mixing up risk and danger...

 

[col]

15mph is 50-125% over the design limit of a cycle helmet depending on which standard it is designed to. Would you do a bungee jump on a rope that was being used 50-125% over its design limit?


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I wouldnt do a bungee jump, didnt you see noels house party? Im not bothered what design limit is on a helmet, Id still rather fall over while walking.

 

[col]

You are now mixing up risk and danger...

How? do tell.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

If I was going to fall over, Id rather do it walking than cycling at 15 mph. Again just my opinion.

Good plan! Will you be wearing a helmet when walking? The helmet sold as a cycle helmet would be within it's design limitations then.

 

[col]

Good plan! Will you be wearing a helmet when walking? The helmet sold as a cycle helmet would be within it's design limitations then.

Whats a helmet got to do with it?

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

How? do tell.

Are you really sure you want to know, it involves facts , learning and not relying on opinion?

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

Whats a helmet got to do with it?

You said you would prefer to have an accident when walking rather than cycling. If you prefer to have an accident with less Ke, woudn't you want to be wearing something that may absorb that Ke without cracking?

 

[col]

Are you really sure you want to know, it involves facts , learning and not relying on opinion?

No thanks then, Id still like to fall over while walking instead of cycling fast if I do happen to fall over.

 

[col]

You said you would prefer to have an accident when walking rather than cycling. If you prefer to have an accident with less Ke, woudn't you want to be wearing something that may absorb that Ke without cracking?

If it happens while Im wearing a helmet? It wont. And I said fall over.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

No thanks then, .

I thought not.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

If it happens while Im wearing a helmet? It wont. And I said fall over.

You prefer to use "fall over" rather than accident? Is there a chance you would fall over deliberately?

 

[col]

You prefer to use "fall over" rather than accident? Is there a chance you would fall over deliberately?

The reason I said that was it was just a matter of time and you would be trying to twist what has been said, and including all sorts of "accident" scenarios . I know its hard for you to understand, but its simple really. A slow fall is in my opinion , less likely to be as serious as a very fast fall. Is there a chance you could have a very very fast fall, soon?

 

[Red Light]

The reason I said that was it was just a matter of time and you would be trying to twist what has been said, and including all sorts of "accident" scenarios . I know its hard for you to understand, but its simple really. A slow fall is in my opinion , less likely to be as serious as a very fast fall. Is there a chance you could have a very very fast fall, soon?

German research into pedestrian-cyclist fatal collisions found it was the pedestrian that died because they fell like a bag of spuds, hitting their head with fatal results while the cyclist had tucked, slid and rolled coming off very lightly. So indications are again the opposite of your beliefs.