tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post2618862616837213761..comments2024-01-18T09:29:42.707-05:00Comments on Biking in Heels: Update:The Hubways are coming! The Hubways are coming!Cyclerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072776738519243521noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-71156041896275232512012-08-01T08:40:43.040-04:002012-08-01T08:40:43.040-04:00This is very exciting! I can't wait to avail m...This is very exciting! I can't wait to avail myself (finally) when I make my next visit home. HURRAY!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036691849337099909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-56549432431297332462012-07-31T13:04:24.931-04:002012-07-31T13:04:24.931-04:00I just saw the Harvard Square installation -- righ...I just saw the Harvard Square installation -- right in front of Au Bon Pain on Mass Ave. Fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-37301681055907452982012-07-31T09:58:45.387-04:002012-07-31T09:58:45.387-04:00Hubway will sell you a helmet, but not loan one. P...Hubway will sell you a helmet, but not loan one. Presumably this was vetted by lawyers when the contracts with the city were drafted. So, yes, it would seem that basically, if you ride without a helmet and have a head injury, they can claim no legal liability. Obviously, no one is going to actually stop you from from riding without a helmet.<br /><br />I've been seeing people riding the Hubway bikes into Cambridge and even Somerville from Boston, so I'd think they'd be getting some use on this side of the river.Moopheusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-55626452215985834942012-07-31T07:52:21.897-04:002012-07-31T07:52:21.897-04:00Mark,
So that's an interesting point. There&#...Mark,<br />So that's an interesting point. There's actually a state law (a small provision in the most recent bike safety bill) that required that bicycle rental companies provide helmets for the use of customers. This would technically require Hubway to provide helmets, but obviously that's a big technical challenge, and they don't require them/ provide them anywhere else that they provide rental bikes. <br /><br />I think it's become a codified duplicity like "don't ask, don't tell" They'll "require" you to wear a helmet, and therefore they won't have to "provide" one. But since a large percentage of Hubway users don't actually use a helmet, and the law doesn't require you to wear a helmet, just for them to "provide" one, I don't think you should worry about it. I mean, you could stand on principle to make a point, but Alta/ Hubway aren't the helmet police- whoever drafted that little snippet of law is the one to blame.cyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-8716321496065196182012-07-30T21:29:25.394-04:002012-07-30T21:29:25.394-04:00exciting! trouble is - i don't think i can, in...exciting! trouble is - i don't think i can, in good faith, agree to their terms of service.<br /><br />Their membership states i must wear a helmet at all times when using their bicycles. Given that i'd be using their service as a sort of 'spur of the moment' thing and i don't carry a helmet at all times 'just in case' - i don't think i can use their bicycles<br /><br />:(<br /><br />I think i'll contact them to double check my reading of their agreement. Perhaps it is only that they would not be held liable if i don't wear a helmet...Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05542610063092732068noreply@blogger.com