Helmet Madness - Arizona Crazy Style

Particularly gruesome public safety comics on a site run by a friend of mine.  One lesson is, helmet or not, if a man in spandex asks you to touch his brain, run.

http://www.ep.tc/problems/50/

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on June 8, 2012 at 3:07am

This is the best way to discourage cycling.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 8, 2012 at 3:21am

If it is in a comic book then it has to be true...

Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on June 8, 2012 at 4:54am

So true.  Well, alright guys, I'm gonna go put on some sunglasses and go outside now.  See ya!  

Wait, I musn't do that -- I'd be sending a message to everyone that going outside is an activity that only the true adventurists should partake in.  

Adam, is it OK to put on shoes to go outside to protect my feet from stuff that will lead to cuts and infection?  I mean, I don't want to discourage people going outside...but...I'd like to go outside ya know.    

    

Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:

This is the best way to discourage cycling.

 




Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 8, 2012 at 4:59am

Big Shoetm in cahoots with Big T-Shirttm have been pushing No Shirt - No Shoe - No Service Laws for decades and we have seen the end of Sole Freedom in our repressive world where nobody is allowed to go barefoot any more.

 

Is THIS what we want????

Follow the money!

Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on June 8, 2012 at 5:40am

That amount of sarcasm isn't warranted.

Zoetrope said:

So true.  Well, alright guys, I'm gonna go put on some sunglasses and go outside now.  See ya!  

Wait, I musn't do that -- I'd be sending a message to everyone that going outside is an activity that only the true adventurists should partake in.  

No one thinks that putting on sunglasses is an adventurist's sport. MOST people think cycling is, especially in the city.

What you are doing by using gruesome imagery in relation to helmet promotion is to continue to ingrain that idea.

The are much better way to promote helmet usage than this, one example being the "Helmets are sexy" campaign.

Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on June 8, 2012 at 6:41am

Unfortunately, this site is often only bearable when using heavy doses of sarcasm.  Sorry if you were offended somehow.    

A "helmets are sexy" campaign treats people like idiots, and appeals to (and promotes) the narcissistic side of human nature by saying that only things that are "sexy" or "cool" will ever make sense to the common folk.  I can't wait until we see girls walking around in really short gym shorts that read "HELMETS" on the backside.  Only then will we see a HUGE increase in cycling.  



Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:

That amount of sarcasm isn't warranted.


Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 8, 2012 at 7:02am

Language of the devil!

"Everything is the devil to you, Mama Thomas Carlyle! Well, I like school The Chainlink, and I like football sarcasml! And I'm gonna keep doin' them both because they make me feel good!"

  

Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on June 8, 2012 at 7:10am
Permalink Reply by mike w. on June 8, 2012 at 7:21am

So wrong on so many levels...

Permalink Reply by April on June 8, 2012 at 7:47am

I am seriously disturbed by these comics--and they plan to distribute these to eighth graders!    The kid was doored..because he was "riding his bike too close to the parked cars" not because some driver was inconsiderate and stupid enough to not check before opening his door. The comic didn't mention that at all (or any safety points on how to avoid being doored like watching for tail lights and whether the car is occupied, listening for a click, etc.). The fact the kids breaks weren't working properly was important and he shouldn't have been riding his bike that way, but face it Arizona that driver was equally responsible for the kid getting doored!  

Permalink Reply by April on June 8, 2012 at 7:54am

There is another one where the kid goes between a truck the curb at a stop sign, of course the truck turns in to him and the kid is at fault for being a dumb-ass riding in blind spot.  There is no mention of whether the turn signal on the truck was lit, no comments about how the driver might have checked his mirror to see a cyclist....These comics are seriously one-sided.



April said:

I am seriously disturbed by these comics--and they plan to distribute these to eighth graders!    The kid was doored..because he was "riding his bike too close to the parked cars" not because some driver was inconsiderate and stupid enough to not check before opening his door. The comic didn't mention that at all (or any safety points on how to avoid being doored like watching for tail lights and whether the car is occupied, listening for a click, etc.). The fact the kids breaks weren't working properly was important and he shouldn't have been riding his bike that way, but face it Arizona that driver was equally responsible for the kid getting doored!  

Permalink Reply by Davo on June 8, 2012 at 8:26am

it looks as if the driver is a ghost as well. And a complete ass for opening his door immediately after a cyclist passed him. These "PSA's" are pretty fn terrible.

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