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E-bike head trauma soars as helmet use falls, study finds (www.npr.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world to c/micromobility@lemmy.world

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EDIT: Don't bother reporting people criticizing others for not wearing a helmet. It's not victim blaming, just like criticizing someone for not wearing a seatbelt isn't victim blaming.

Wear your helmets people: Of course nobody deserves to get hit by a car but the reality is people are getting hit by cars.

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[-] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

I'm a light fender-bender, there's not much danger. In a full-speed collision, an unsecured person becomes a blunt force projectile. An unsecured person can move with enough force to be thrown out of the car. Imagine that same force thrown at a passenger instead.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

with the exception of rear-seat passengers possibly injuring front-seat passengers

As I mentioned. Other than that I don't see what the danger is. You got to be insanely unlucky to be hit by an unsecured passenger that was thrown out of a vehicle.

[-] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

Not an unsecured passenger that's thrown out of the car, an unsecured passenger being thrown into another passenger who is in the car.

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