Well, as a side note, if you ever visit Tasmania — cycle there. It’s the best in AU (IMO). Then Adelaide. Then... oh, Melbourne. Sydney is NOT cycling friendly, though. Helmet besides, almost a suicide mission.
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Replying to @ryan_nayr_ @nolemonnomelon and
I'm a brit in sydney at the moment and the fact that I am unable to just pick up a bike and go, legally, without carrying around a bloody helmet with me all the time is severely weird and frustrating. It's no wonder no one cycles, under threat of hundreds of $$$ fines for no helm
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Replying to @chadblondon @ryan_nayr_ and
This resonates with me, and actually despite my defense of helmets I do ride in nyc every day without one because of the inconvenience. I don't have nyc stats on hand but I'm certain it's more dangerous than more bike friendly cities.
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Replying to @nolemonnomelon @chadblondon and
five bucks says inhibiting adoption causes more injuries than failing to interdict a specific range of head trauma
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Replying to @chaosprime @chadblondon and
Do you feel similarly about hard hats? There must be some level of danger at which it becomes useful to have a norm of helmet wearing
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Replying to @nolemonnomelon @chadblondon and
how much adoption of building construction as an activity would you say is being inhibited by the practice of hard hat use
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Replying to @chaosprime @chadblondon and
No I have no idea how to quantify that, but I would like to hear your answer and to clarify that you are anti hard hat?
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Replying to @nolemonnomelon @chadblondon and
seriously this is the feeblest analogy i am not anti hard hat. we don't need to worry about disincentivizing construction workers out of construction; they are incentivized by their pay. we don't receive monotonically increasing benefit from more people being in construction.
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what causes the most injuries to bicyclists? motorists being unfamiliar with sharing the road with them. how do you get motorists familiar? bicycle adoption. how do you get bicycle adoption? fearmongering and compulsory schoolmarmishness *obviously*
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Replying to @chaosprime @chadblondon and
I'm sorry, I totally misunderstood you. Yes, I buy that argument. Agree bike helmets shouldn't be compulsory
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Replying to @nolemonnomelon @chaosprime and
I feel like this was some genuinely good Twitter
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