Originally Posted by
genec
Taking a first look at this piece, I noticed a quick couple of interesting logical fallacies right off.
The piece first starts with: "On what do most bicycle advocates focus? Bike lanes, new laws, and helmets."
I suspect that few bicycle advocates focus on helmets. Helmet advocates and club cyclists focus on helmet wear.
I doubt that there is much emphasis on helmet advocacy from the so-called "incompetent" cyclists (i.e. those who would never describe themselves as "Drivers" of bicycles, and are not wrapped up in the latest club activities nor LBS offerings.) It seems that the sin of helmet zealotry was applied to the "story one" strawman by the essat writer just to make that demon that much more unacceptable.