Possibly the most dorky article I ever read. Equating wearing a helmet as a bad thing because it makes bicycling look scary is like saying wearing a seat belt makes it too intimidating for group X (women, minority, etc) to drive.
This is the opening paragraph, which sets the tone for the rest of the article
Last year, health officials in Seattle decided to stop requiring bicyclists to wear helmets. Independent research found that nearly half of Seattle’s helmet tickets in recent years went to unhoused people, while Black and Native American cyclists in the city were four times and two times more likely, respectively, than white cyclists to be cited.
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Helmet mandates intimidate potential riders, they argued, by framing cycling as an activity so dangerous it necessitates body armor.
My brain is to big to risk getting damaged while riding, thank you
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I hate bicyclists. I used to cater for a large biking event and they were always uppity pains in my butt.
I needed an 8ft gap to get my van full of food through. Despite having the entire goddarn lakeside park available, people kept kickstanding their bike right in front of me as I slowly crept forward.
After parking, they'd lean their bikes against my van. Not a company van, mind you, but my personal property. At one point the director of the whole thing decided she needed to change her shirt and without asking, went in my van to change in the front seat (with the windshield facing the finish line).
Bunch of self-absorbed twinks.
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