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by konschubert 876 days ago
I am sure you don't mean it this way, but this suggests a false equivalency.

If a cyclist does not wear a helmet and gets killed by a driver running a red light, it is still 100% the driver's fault.

A kill is still a kill even if the victim didn't wear a bulletproof vest.

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If we're talking US law, you are absolutely incorrect and making a false equivalence yourself. A murder victim is not a MVC victim.

Only the collision is 100% the driver's fault (in most states).

The death is up for debate. If you die because you weren't wearing a seatbelt/helmet, you were negligent, so fault is shared.

There is no law mandating everyone wear bulletproof vests. All states have seatbelt laws, and most have helmet laws.

>and most have helmet laws

For cyclists?

Most do have some cyclist helmet law. However, only a few have laws that apply to adults. Most are only applied to children of various ages.
You may want to look into what I said about contributory negligence instead of strawmanning in this comment thread. It seems this is a pattern with you as you strawmanned in another thread here too.