2012-01-26 - Rider Down (Theresa Villiers)

She fell off her bike and broke her collarbone. A mandatory helmet laws is not yet on the cards. A Conservative government certainly wouldn't introduce one.

Yeah, I totally agree. Was only trying to say it's more likely to be used as leverage by groups that want to mandate 'cycle safety' rather than safe cycling conditions.

The helmet question was asked, and positively answered, in the House of Lords recently:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/111213w0001.htm#11121379001151