[*BCM*] grim scenes saturday... any news?

[Spike Mccue]

That the car driver was not wearing a helmet seems absurdly beside the  
point. Do you really think helmets are optional? Preventing brain  
damage and death has always seemed rather important to me.



On Aug 2, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Matt Woolhouse <matwoolhouse at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> And
> not everyone can afford one, even when they want one.
>
> I just bought a helmet for $40.
> I've been to many bike stores in the area and
> they are relatively cheap.
>
> -M
>
> From: Turtle <turtle at thewiseturtle.com>
> To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2009 11:49:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] grim scenes saturday... any news?
>
> Another lesson in not hugging the right side of the road, unless
> you're turning right.  It's impossible to say if the car driver had
> just passed the cyclist and cut him off, or if the bike driver was
> trying to pass the car driver on the right.  Either way, this kind of
> thing is easily preventable (i.e. it's not an "accident") when
> everyone follows the normal rules of the road of making a right turn
> from the rightmost side of the road, and passing on the left.
>
> Also, isn't it interesting that even cyclists feel it's important to
> point out when others cyclists aren't wearing helmets.  Presumably the
> car driver wasn't either, but no one bothers to mention that.  Helmets
> are optional.  And they don't stop cars from crashing into you.  And
> not everyone can afford one, even when they want one.  And, even when
> worn correctly (which the vast majority aren't) they can still cause
> more problems than they solve (limited visibility being one of them).
> I do choose to wear one, but I don't believe it's particularly
> important in the grand scheme of things (except when it comes to my
> husband, because I'm kind of irrational around him, and because he's
> sort of a car magnet, and gets hit far more than most folks).
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Hopefully everyone will learn something from this unpleasant mistake.
>
> Peace, Love, and Bicycles,
> Turil
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