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The story of Daniel Kane who survived being hit by a car while riding his bike because he was wearing a helment and his mother's advice on how to prevent similar accidents.

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[angelaingermany]

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. My 2 sons have to wear a helmet but I see every morning wear so many children don´t have one on. The police and teachers beg the parents almost on a daily basis to buy their children a helmet. It´s sad that they don´t take responsibility for their children´s safety.

[mathematicalinfinity]

yeah that video is emotional moving...

the thing ist, we have to get parents to wearing a helmet as well to act as a role model for children. otherwise (most) children will take their partets who don't wear one as an example...

[TheCjcoon]

I don't where a helmet cuz I actuly know how to ride a bike and not go on the middle of the road like the kid did so partly kids fault cuz he is not on a cross walk so the cars can legally drive if he was at a cross walk the cars should of whated but the driver should of bin looking to so BOTH ARE AT FAULT

[DestroyTheseWalls]

Helmets save 1 in 10000 lives..... The idea that some Styrofoam and carbon fiber makes you invisible is retarded..... The only way to be safe is to ride safely.... Plus what the two thirds of your face that is most vulnerable and most seceptable to injury is exposed... Grow a brain ppl

[bonezillion]

I think it's stupid when they wear helmets and knee/elbow pads on the driveway or sidewalk though. What? Are kids so weak nowadays they can't take a scrape to the knee?

[babbfamilyidaho]

@Chaprrito That's great for Copenhagen and no one is saying that the bike is dangerous. Here in the US where we are surrounded by cars many of which are driven by people who don't like or don't care about cyclists. It's this that makes helmets so important, I was once in an accident with a large truck; it destroyed my helmet but saved my head and to this day I still ride my bike and promote cycling. The cars are the problem but if wearing a helmet can so easily save your life do it.

[bowserjrgirl]

Helmets save lives, OH YEAH!

[jlahti28]

Thank you for this video. To the people that say you don't need a helmet you are morons.  I don't care whether adults wear helmets cause all I can say to that is Darwin's theory of evolution. But kids need to wear helmets and if their parents won't make them wear one then they should be arrested for child abuse and if their kid gets killed they should be charged with manslaughter. There is too much information that riding a bike without a helmet is dangerous.

[solarifle]

I remember, A few years back, I alerted one of my friends that a car was approaching, (he was biking) and he moved away before he could have gotten hit, I don't want to know what would have happened i I were there

[Chaprrito]

@heatherf45 , Bikes are safe. you are more likely to get hurt in a car then riding you bike.  Bikes are one of the safest means of tranportation. Safety videos about helmet do a good job of scaring people off bikes. More people on bikes the safer the roads, making the rider less likely to be hit by a car. People in Amsterdam and Copenhagen have more trips by bikes then any US city and have far fewer bike injuries. It's not the bike.

[Chaprrito]

More important than wearing a helmet is the need to make safer infrastructure built to avoid such accidents. If the cars would not have been parked blocking the view of traffic the accident could have been avoided. I think prevention of accidents needs the same if not more the focus than wearing a helmet. Preventing accidents is more productive in the safety of cyclist than protective equipment.

[heatherf45]

.. I'm horrified of fucking bikes and this made me even more terrified.