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“Why the hell am I not wearing hockey equipment?” – pro rider calls for safety gear at Tour de France (www.bikeradar.com)
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[–] teft@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Can't wait to see what interesting aero designs they would come up with for knee and elbow pads.

But also I could see this increasing the aggressiveness in the peloton similar to how american football impacts are harder and more injury prone than rugby impacts because american football players wear much more protective gear than rugby players.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation

a theory which suggests that people typically adjust their behavior in response to perceived levels of risk, becoming more careful where they sense greater risk and less careful if they feel more protected.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

It is a theory, but as you read the article you discover many of the examples given have not checked out.