How America’s Bike Helmet Fixation Upholds a Culture of “Unfettered Automobility”

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By Angie SchmittFeb 14, 2018, 12:26 pm163 pts
In the United States, official bicycle safety messaging heavily emphasizes helmet use. In a way, it’s worked: American rates of helmet usage are high. But by almost any quantifiable safety metric, the helmet fixation has failed. People bike at low rates in the U.S. compared to international peers, and suffer…

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