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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perceptions of safety are relative. Just came back from Amsterdam where everyone bikes. Saw tons of parents with babies on bikes, sometimes two per. Never saw a single helmet.[/quote]

Biking in Amsterdam is statistically way safer than in the US. They’ve structured their entire infrastructure around keeping cyclists and pedestrians safe, cars go slower, are not permitted in many places, and are often separated from bike lanes/sidewalks by medians and other barriers.

Cyclists in Amsterdam do not “perceive” themselves as being safer on bikes. They actually are.[/quote]

First, their bike lanes are not separated from pedestrian lanes by hard barriers. Second, your argument doesn’t explain why kids are made to wear bike helmets in places with no cars.[/quote]

Well, if people don’t wear bike helmets in Amsterdam that settles it - trampolining is completely safe. Never mind that every ER doc and pediatrician I know forbids it for their own kids. [/quote]

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