Walking Helmets? Just shoot me now...

[CoolBreeze]

Americans have become the biggest bunch of safety wimp scaredy cats in the world..... next to Denmark:

A new campaign has hit the streets of Denmark, thanks to the visionaries at The Danish Road Safety Council and Trygfonden [an insurance company].

Intense promotion of walking helmets for pedestrians has begun.

These two organizations have happily promoted bike helmets but pedestrians suffer just as many head injuries, if not more they say.

A Danish campaign poster reads:

"A walking helmet is a good helmet"

"Traffic safety isn't just for cyclists. The pedestrians of Denmark actually have a higher risk of head injury. The Danish Road Safety Council recommends walking helmets for pedestrians and other good folk in high risk groups."

The slogan is catchy in Danish since it kind of rhymes. All in all it's a brilliant project. Let's save some lives.

The new walking helmets will be available in the Danish Cyclists Union's [Dansk cyklist forbund] shop. Although, as the Danish Cyclists' Union, the Road Safety Council and Trygfonden have been quick to point out:

"A bike helmet is a fine substitute for walking helmets, so there's no need to take it off when you get off your bike. Keep it on throughout the day for maximum safety."

http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/08/wa ... elmet.html

[ashton]

Helmets keep too many people alive long enough to procreate.

[cgarison]

Helmets keep too many people alive long enough to procreate.

Although safety helmets do not prevent people from trying to win the Darwin Award.

[fearpeddler]

very good point, alot of safety gear in fact can promote it...

[genlock]

I always thought hitting my head or falling down was a learning experience.
Blood enhances the experience as does ridicule.
Learning to catch a baseball, thrown or hit, meant not getting hit in the face or balls.
An easy lesson after a bad experience. In fact most learning experiences involve pain.
Pain of the body, finances, and heart all contribute to the finishing of the product.