Originally Posted by
rydabent
The safety equiptment I use on the stairs is the hand rail. I wear sneakers that cost some more that has a "roll bar" built in to prevent the twisting of the shoe on uneven ground. There is a hand rail in the shower.
All those hand rails on your stairs and in the shower, sneaker roll bars serve to
prevent an accident from happening, not in case an accident does happen and you do hit your head.
So you think you don't need helmet because you have those preventive measures.
That's exactly we, who don't regularly wear cycling helmet do. We make sure to be highly visible and use bright head and tail lights in the dark. This
helps prevent being hit, reducing accident likelihood, though not guaranteed to eliminate it.
If the above is too much to be clear to you, in simple words:
Hand rails in shower and on stairs ~
high-visibility + bike lights during cycling ===>
Accident prevention
Wearing helmet on stairs and in showers ~
wearing helmet while cycling ====>
In case an accident does occur
No helmet on stairs and in showers ~
No helmet while cycling ===>
Head trauma if an accident does occur in which one's head gets hit
So------------as you can see I have access to passive safety equiptment when Im not cycling. Pretty much blows all to hell one of the biggest arguments anti helmet people have doesnt it.
Not only false, but you have just exposed your reasoning flaw under plain day light
I hope this post has convinced you that
you do need to wear a helmet in the shower and on the stairs.