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Originally Posted by Pierre
No, the most vulnerable look out for themselves.
As you have a motorbike licence, you will know that when you are trained to ride one you are taught to look out for other vehicles that could injure you. You are trained in all your lifesaver observations, you trained to take a commanding position in the road, the skills required to ride a back are totally different than riding a bike.
With a bicycle, you are the hazard, you can't take a commanding position in the road and you can't keep up with other traffic, it is up to you not to be danger to yourself and others
No but it may protect you from being sued.
wear a more substantial one then
Might save your life too, in fact especially if you are new to cycling learning some skills before hand would be better than on the road training where at present there is no requirement to have even read the Highway Code.
. I wonder about whether you have bike one as you would know how totally different the training and the tests are for both and how different a cycling one would/should be.
Then learning to cycle defensively would be a good thing.
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On the subject of being sued/ insurance it seems to me it's sensible and responsible cyclists should have it, what if the driver who hits them isn't insured or drives of, only a moron would ride regularly without it imo.
Don't think he'll be getting a more substantial hat, has some health and safety gremlins whispering in his ear about helmets being dangerous iirc.