Freestyle Cyclists
@freestylecyclists.bsky.social
Advocating for repeal of compulsory helmet laws to get more people cycling and improve people's health, our cities' health and the planet's health.
Wouldn't a bike lane like this have prevented it?
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wouldn't a bike lane like this have prevented it?
Unsafe roads and hard helmet laws are sides of the same coin. Roads are death traps because our approach to safety focuses on criminalizing riders for wearing insufficient safety equipment rather than building safe infrastructure.
February 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Unsafe roads and hard helmet laws are sides of the same coin. Roads are death traps because our approach to safety focuses on criminalizing riders for wearing insufficient safety equipment rather than building safe infrastructure.
? Heaps of people bike in Melbourne and live in apartments. And heaps more would ride if there was more of a focus on better infrastructure rather than criminalizing riders for not wearing enough safety gear.
February 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
? Heaps of people bike in Melbourne and live in apartments. And heaps more would ride if there was more of a focus on better infrastructure rather than criminalizing riders for not wearing enough safety gear.
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Jeanette Sadik-Khan, who set up NYC's highly successful bike share scheme and made NYC's roads a lot safer for bikes, blames mandatory helmet laws for the failure of Melbourne's bike share.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
The result is less bikes -> more cars -> more cars hitting bikes -> more cars killing/injuring bike riders.
February 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
- Safer infrastructure would have prevented that crash entirely.
- By discouraging cycling, mandatory helmet laws create more crashes like this, by putting more cars on the road.
- You can still wear a helmet if you want to if they aren't legally mandatory
- By discouraging cycling, mandatory helmet laws create more crashes like this, by putting more cars on the road.
- You can still wear a helmet if you want to if they aren't legally mandatory
February 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
- Safer infrastructure would have prevented that crash entirely.
- By discouraging cycling, mandatory helmet laws create more crashes like this, by putting more cars on the road.
- You can still wear a helmet if you want to if they aren't legally mandatory
- By discouraging cycling, mandatory helmet laws create more crashes like this, by putting more cars on the road.
- You can still wear a helmet if you want to if they aren't legally mandatory
Indeed, the main risk to bike riders is from cars and trucks, rather than individual falls.
So why do you think the government pursues helmet laws so vigorously (with enforcement over 5x harsher than anywhere else in the world) while mostly neglecting safe bike infrastructure?
So why do you think the government pursues helmet laws so vigorously (with enforcement over 5x harsher than anywhere else in the world) while mostly neglecting safe bike infrastructure?
February 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Indeed, the main risk to bike riders is from cars and trucks, rather than individual falls.
So why do you think the government pursues helmet laws so vigorously (with enforcement over 5x harsher than anywhere else in the world) while mostly neglecting safe bike infrastructure?
So why do you think the government pursues helmet laws so vigorously (with enforcement over 5x harsher than anywhere else in the world) while mostly neglecting safe bike infrastructure?
Who said anything about fancy e-bikes? Lots of kids, particularly low income kids, ride around on cheap or even donated bikes.
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Who said anything about fancy e-bikes? Lots of kids, particularly low income kids, ride around on cheap or even donated bikes.
The Netherlands has much higher bike usage and much lower helmet compliance, but much lower per capita road deaths.
Why do you suppose that is?
Why do you suppose that is?
February 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The Netherlands has much higher bike usage and much lower helmet compliance, but much lower per capita road deaths.
Why do you suppose that is?
Why do you suppose that is?
A helmet is certainly a good idea if riding at dangerous speed - or when in a dangerous vehicle like a car.
February 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A helmet is certainly a good idea if riding at dangerous speed - or when in a dangerous vehicle like a car.
Helmet law is overwhelmingly enforced racistly, against non-white people in disadvantaged neighbourhoods - often against recent immigrants who are likely to be completely unaware of mandatory helmet laws.
Extremely unjust.
Extremely unjust.
February 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Helmet law is overwhelmingly enforced racistly, against non-white people in disadvantaged neighbourhoods - often against recent immigrants who are likely to be completely unaware of mandatory helmet laws.
Extremely unjust.
Extremely unjust.
So can you confirm you always wear a helmet when in a car, where far more head injuries occur?
And when in the home, where most head injuries occur of all through falls?
And when in the home, where most head injuries occur of all through falls?
February 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So can you confirm you always wear a helmet when in a car, where far more head injuries occur?
And when in the home, where most head injuries occur of all through falls?
And when in the home, where most head injuries occur of all through falls?
Do you wear a helmet when in a car, where more head injuries occur?
February 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Do you wear a helmet when in a car, where more head injuries occur?
Does your car rarely get above about 15km/h?
February 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Does your car rarely get above about 15km/h?