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DustinB3403

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Electric scooter users aren’t wearing helmets—the head injury rate proves it

Health experts raise concern about electric scooter use and head injury rate.

Forty-percent of the injuries linked to electric scooter use involve knocks to the noggin while nearly 95 percent of riders don’t wear helmets, according to a first-of-its kind study published Friday, January 25.

As electric scooters and bike shares zoom into cities across the country, health experts are chasing after the potential public health and safety issues circling the micromobility market. The new study, published in JAMA Network Open, is the first to try to track the pattern of injuries linked to electric scooters.

Helmets are great for prevent skull fractures and such things, but not at all designed to prevent or aid in the prevention of concussions.

Vicis is working to make helmets that do just that.

wrx7m

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Five people tripped because they couldn't walk around these scooters?

Time for a darwin award.

http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/ao53f01dab.png

They probably had their head buried in their phone.

DustinB3403

@wrx7m the award still applies.

That's like getting hit by a bus because you walked when you were supposed to stop at the crosswalk.

Obsolesce

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Electric scooter users aren’t wearing helmets—the head injury rate proves it

Health experts raise concern about electric scooter use and head injury rate.

Forty-percent of the injuries linked to electric scooter use involve knocks to the noggin while nearly 95 percent of riders don’t wear helmets, according to a first-of-its kind study published Friday, January 25.

As electric scooters and bike shares zoom into cities across the country, health experts are chasing after the potential public health and safety issues circling the micromobility market. The new study, published in JAMA Network Open, is the first to try to track the pattern of injuries linked to electric scooters.

Helmets are great for prevent skull fractures and such things, but not at all designed to prevent or aid in the prevention of concussions.

Vicis is working to make helmets that do just that.

Oh, now that is cool!

RojoLoco

The last season of South Park had a funny episode about these scooters. They did a parody of Hitchcock's "The Birds".

DustinB3403

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Electric scooter users aren’t wearing helmets—the head injury rate proves it

Health experts raise concern about electric scooter use and head injury rate.

Forty-percent of the injuries linked to electric scooter use involve knocks to the noggin while nearly 95 percent of riders don’t wear helmets, according to a first-of-its kind study published Friday, January 25.

As electric scooters and bike shares zoom into cities across the country, health experts are chasing after the potential public health and safety issues circling the micromobility market. The new study, published in JAMA Network Open, is the first to try to track the pattern of injuries linked to electric scooters.

Helmets are great for prevent skull fractures and such things, but not at all designed to prevent or aid in the prevention of concussions.

Vicis is working to make helmets that do just that.

Oh, now that is cool!

They were on this show last week. Which is how I heard about them.

DustinB3403

A facebook link, but meh.

https://www.facebook.com/CBSInnovationNation/videos/564962610647487/

Dashrender

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

The report also claims Apple is considering acting as a games publisher.

Why not - it's free money.

wrx7m

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@wrx7m the award still applies.

That's like getting hit by a bus because you walked when you were supposed to stop at the crosswalk.

Not debating that they are idiots. Just stating that I have seen people eat shit because they were walking and not paying attention to anything outside their phone.

DustinB3403

@wrx7m said in Non-IT News Thread:

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@wrx7m the award still applies.

That's like getting hit by a bus because you walked when you were supposed to stop at the crosswalk.

Not debating that they are idiots. Just stating that I have seen people eat shit because they were walking and not paying attention to anything outside their phone.

Next time you notice this in the open, please record and post the video here. I always need a laugh.

murpheous

US files criminal charges in two Huawei cases, seeks extradition of CFO Meng Wanzhou

DustinB3403

@murpheous said in Non-IT News Thread:

US files criminal charges in two Huawei cases, seeks extradition of CFO Meng Wanzhou

How come that wasn't completed a month ago?

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@murpheous said in Non-IT News Thread:

US files criminal charges in two Huawei cases, seeks extradition of CFO Meng Wanzhou

How come that wasn't completed a month ago?

No government employees, perhaps.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@murpheous said in Non-IT News Thread:

US files criminal charges in two Huawei cases, seeks extradition of CFO Meng Wanzhou

How come that wasn't completed a month ago?

No government employees, perhaps.

Ezcusses. Much like not having funding for a wall.