• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Helmets are super rare in the Netherlands or Denmark, and they have much lower accident rates than the US, while having much higher use of bikes.

    Lower than the US doesn’t mean they are doing something right. The Netherlands still have far too many head injuries, and there have been groups of doctors pleading for helmet use, since these injuries can be prevented or mitigated. For example.

    It’s also important to note that the Netherlands have had an increase in cycling injuries over the last five years, mostly because of e-bikes. They really should be wearing helmets, no matter how perfect they believe their cycling infrastructure is - many of these crashes don’t involve a motor vehicle (60%+).