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http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/joepeach/18114/two-succesful-cycle-hire-schemes-and-one-failure
The reason for the scheme’s lack of success is as clear as the tyres of its unused bicycles are clean - mandatory cycle helmet laws. In Australia, anyone caught riding a bicycle without a helmet can be fined.