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Fair points Oliver. That 'Cycle' magazine PDF article you linked is pretty easy to read and makes most of the points well. I'll use that again. May even print a copy and stick it up at work (bike shop), the points alone it makes on helmet positioning are valuable. I too see no end of ppl riding with helmets that leave their foreheads completely exposed.
Surely if the general impression, amongst a percentage of the population, is that the cyclehelmets.org website reads like the Daily Mail then these points should be made, to the ppl who run it, and perhaps even someone who can could offer to redesign it? I agree that it does contain some useful information, it just seems to be hidden in crap.
I think we all (in this thread) agree that making helmet wearing compulsory would be a bad thing for the health of the nation, so why don't we unite (helmet wearers and non-helmet wearers alike) and petition the government on this matter? Perhaps get a few other forums involved etc... I realise its not even being considered in the law courts right now but nothing wrong with making our feelings felt preemptively. Of course someone would need to write the blurb at the top of the petition.