Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Of Helmets and Wigs

I just finished reading a lengthy and interesting article in the Guardian newspaper online at https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/mar/21/bike-helmet-cyclists-safe-urban-warfare-wheels. It's well worth the read and the plug at the end for the book https://bookshop.theguardian.com/bike-nation.html makes me want to buy it.

But the funniest part was the professor who measured how close drivers got while he was
1) Not wearing a helmet
2) Wearing a helmet
3) Wearing a woman's wig

It seems drivers give you wider berth if you're not wearing a helmet, perhaps because you look like you don't know what you're doing and might be less predictable. They give you an even wider berth if they think you're a woman (same reason?). It seems to me the safest headgear is a woman's wig that conceals a bike helmet.

Where can I get a reflective vest that says "POLICE: CAMERA CYCLIST"?

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