Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

love the irony that they wont back the legislation as its knock on effect would have "serious consequences for public health".....

i see a daily mail headline already

Chris, there is no irony--as I'm sure you're aware. This view is based on research into the public health consequences of *compulsory *helmets. If people want to wear them, let them--this is against forcing everybody to wear one or be fined by the police and prevented from riding any further.

not really as this is about me being in london, signing a petition that will have an effect on the cyclists of northern ireland only.
the BNP refusing to sign was a legislation that europe was passing for a number of countries including the uk.

The proposed legislation will not only have an effect on cycling in Northern Ireland. As others have hinted, it is a slippery slope. Conquer one country, then conquer the next. Despite the proven ineffectiveness of helmet laws elsewhere, they haven't been repealed yet. I think there only one or two places that have done this, but I don't remember which ones.

Needless to say, this case is not comparable in any way to the effects of Eurosceptic views espoused by certain parties in the UK.