Helmetless in Philly

[Rev Bob Dobbs]

I’m visiting Philadelphia and am shocked at the number of cyclists commuting without wearing helmets in center city. Is this a Philly or east coast thing?

[redir]

Ever been to Amsterdam? Paris? Berlin?

[Nomadmax]

Riding without a helmet can save lives.

[Pegoready]

Normalize not wearing a helmet. I'm here for it.

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . one with a broken neck and the other with a brain bleed where my helmet absolutely, positively 100% saved my life, I don't understand it. But it's no use preaching to folks about it. Sooner or later they will learn from experience–or not.

Originally Posted by Rev Bob Dobbs

I’m visiting Philadelphia and am shocked at the number of cyclists commuting without wearing helmets in center city. Is this a Philly or east coast thing?

[Louis]

It's pretty simple...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554988/

[dmitrik4]

Having done both, cycling in Amsterdam is not cycling in Philly. Amsterdam is completely fine w/out helmets because most traffic is bikes and pedestrians and speeds are generally low and bikes are upright. The odds of getting dumped by a car or doored in Philly is not low, and most cyclists are moving faster, with drivers that are much more aggressive/less attentive.

I don’t generally wear one rolling around my small suburban town, but I wear one in the city.