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

Don't get me wrong. I don't want to see it brought in and I see the negative effects of it being brought in, but I don't agree on me signing the petition.

It's a chance for you to express your views. Where's the risk?

These things have a chance to jump across borders. 'Oh, country A has done this and that, let's do it, too.'

I am just speculating that I cannot see a way of enforcing a helmet law when places like London have schemes set up to promote cycling so much. I have no evidence, I just see a lot of more against arguments for it than pro and too many complications for it to work.

The key thing to understand here is that if someone is a law, it will have an effect regardless of enforcement or problems. Yes, there are plenty of people who when they ride bikes think that they are exempt from traffic conventions and would simply carry on riding helmetless, but far more who would simply stop cycling if this nonsense came in, as well as some who would follow it (including, of course, most people who already wear helmets today).

The net effect would be what has recently been described as a 'chilling effect' on cycling. There's no reason for complacency--there are plenty of people pushing helmet compulsion, some well-meaning, some less so (e.g. commercial interests wanting to sell more tat to people). It's very important to counter this at every opportunity.