Bike helmet debate: Drivers dehumanize cyclists wearing helmets or vests
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Many bicycling advocates fiercely oppose bike helmet laws, pointing to racial disparities in citations and reduced ridership.

Drivers who view bikers as 89% human or less are nearly two times more aggressive in their driving behaviors.

  • Sundance@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Helmets are pretty functional. They do lesson impacts significantly. They have saved many lives.

    Requiring them is wrong.

    We should ban the dangerous thing not require the life vest.