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ajsnigrutinyesterday at 2:06 PM1 replyview on HN

But you still get fined if you don't wear a helmet

In an ideal world, even before you crash your motorcycle and hit your head somewhere, forcing you to start wearing it


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busterarmyesterday at 2:16 PM

I'll never forget this one video. A cyclist riding with a helmet on was doing everything proper -- helmeted, obeying traffic laws, riding in the proper part of the road...

Then a city bus passes them far too close. The passenger side mirror of the bus catches the rider's helmet and speeds off...carrying the cyclist off of their bike and dangling by their helmet at speed...

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