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Hopefully the right topic here but touched on the helmet/no helmet talk today.
The borough I was working in have put in a "helmets must be worn by instructors" somewhere so it was mentioned as a thing to do when in that borough, disliked doing it but went and got one which is only worn on them work days and then it's only during sessions not too/from. Have had a few ask why and I'm very open/honest that the council in that area have stipulated(nothing more to hopefully avoid the debate).
Anyway I forgot it so whatever we get on working and all think nothing of it then at lunch one of us noticed and another instructor said to me they understood it as "we can't really say to them to wear helmets if we don't wear helmets" which at the time mouth half full of lunch I didn't think much of it but coming away from it I'm thinking that actually that couldn't be further from the message. It also made me think if long standing arrangements like this allow instructors to develop some alternative reasoning. I also wonder if the instructor attributes a lack of injury to helmets rather than the ability they have to manage risk. Lots of interesting things to think about for me I guess.