Unfortunately, many drivers complain whether or not a cyclist is wearing a helmet, but the truth is the bicycle helmet will do little to protect a cyclist from an impact with an automobile. Bicycle Helmets are not designed the way motorcycle helmets are. Bicycle helmets are only designed to protect a rider from fairly trivial falls, to protect your head from a curb or driveway ramp. Hopefully Volvo’s research will yield some major improvements for bicyclist roadway safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That bicycle helmets are not currently tested against such impacts\u00a0will\u00a0be a revelation to many cyclists and motorists, many of whom erroneously assume that bicycle helmets offer greater protection than they are actually designed to provide.<\/p>
\u201cCurrent bike helmet testing procedures are fairly rudimentary,\u201d state Volvo and POC. They involve \u201chelmets being dropped from different heights on either a flat or an angled surface,\u00a0and do not take into account vehicle to bike accidents.\u201d The tests mimic low-speed falls on to curbs rather than any impacts from motor vehicles.\u00a0<\/p> Volvo’s ‘World First’ Bicycle-Helmet-Versus-Car Test Flags Helmet Safety Flaws <\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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Unfortunately, many drivers complain whether or not a cyclist is wearing a helmet, but the truth is the bicycle helmet will do little to protect a cyclist from an impact with an automobile. Bicycle Helmets are not designed the way motorcycle helmets are. Bicycle helmets are only designed to protect a rider from fairly trivial … Continue reading “Bicycle Helmets Not Designed To Protect Against Motor Vehicle Impacts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3383,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions\/3383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}