Goodbye Toronto's Bike Culture

I'm not convinced about the causal link between a 'mandatory helmet' law and a decrease in bike riding, but I really can't be fucked to read up on it right now.

I like your scepticism, there is not enough of it (seriously).

Please look it up, the research was . . . . who's of guessed it . . . Australian - they seemed to have undertaken most of the in-depth research in the area of cycling over the last decade or so, even more than the famously cyclocentric Nordic counties.

The studies were drawn on in the UK's decision a few years back to not implement mandatory Hemet use.

One other thing that came from the same study was that helmets had a lesser protective effect on head injuries than was previously thought, the main benefits of helmets came from side impacts, cycling impacts from the front and rear are rarely fatal and helmets are thought to have a lesser benefit in this respect, side impacts are less common that frontal impacts in cycling accidents.

This is all from memory and subject to mistake.

I will try and dig out some information / links . . . .