I live in the Netherlands, never ever did I see anyone with a helmet up until recently (all of a sudden people put them on their kids). I learned to ride a bike at 4, never with a helmet. I have never seen anyone with head injury. Perhaps it is because we don&#x27;t go that fast, a typical bike looks like this: [0], no gears, relaxed posture. For Mountain biking I do wear a helmet, as does my 3yr old son, but not for normal biking.<p>&quot;It only takes a very minor fall and some bad luck to end up with brain swelling, cracked skull, or a corpse.&quot;
I really don&#x27;t believe that, you are just spreading fud, I have seen people fall but you must be pretty slow to react or go really pretty fast if you can&#x27;t just put your arms in front of your head or step of a falling bike.<p>It&#x27;s easy, never force people to wear a helmet, allow them to arrive at work with hair intact and without hassle, if you value a healthy population that enjoys bicycling (yes yes our views on that are probably the same).<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.nl&#x2F;search?q=typical+dutch+bike&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIx_vWjoCLyQIVybsUCh04tAaw&amp;biw=1680&amp;bih=978" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.nl&#x2F;search?q=typical+dutch+bike&amp;source=lnm...</a>