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

(This may be relevant over the next day or so)

how come?

Well done you Scots. Well done.

how come?

I think this will be National Helmet Week

Starting, not in Scotland but Wales (Is there a Cycling Wales)
Nice one Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/peer-raises-subject-of-cycle-helmet-compulsion-in-parliament/015950

Ah.

So:

says

"Now is the time to look seriously about how
we can have concerted action on road safety education,
sensible road etiquette and,** I believe, compulsory wearing
of helmets to reduce accidents.**"

wac.

unless he means for all road users, in which case I welcome his plans

[driverhelmet.jpg]

compulsory wearing
of helmets to reduce accidents

He's right though, helmet compulsion probably will cut the number of accidents. The rate of accidents per cyclist will probably go up a bit, but not by enough to compensate for the reduction in the number of cyclists.

I fully understand that, if he really wants to reduce cycle accident rates he should just propose to ban cycling entirely instead.

http://cyclehelmets.org/1194.html

I fully understand that, if he really wants to reduce cycle accident rates he should just propose to ban driving entirely instead.

Ftfy

If he wants to reduce head injuries, let him make helmets compulsory.
All the time.
Whatever we are doing.
But let only cyclists take them off.
Then people will get lots of healthy exercise by cycling and the real causes of head injury will be sorted.

Ftfy

Ban all forms of transport. I think they should make it illegal to die in any circumstances, that way the K of ksi would be reduced as people will find ways not to die.

Ah.

So:

says

"Now is the time to look seriously about how
we can have concerted action on road safety education,
sensible road etiquette and,** I believe, compulsory wearing
of helmets to reduce accidents.**"

wac.

only on lfgss
W.A.C

Apparently some clarkson pleasing news is embargoed until midnight re: rules around portrayal of cyclists in adverts.

My guess is they must wear helmets now. Not sure I can stay awake 9 more minutes to find out.

Im sure its not worth staying awake another 8 minutes to find out

I did.

What a bunch of fuckwits.

ha! link then sweetheart everyone else is in bed.shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

http://www.bikebiz.com/index.php/news/read/cyclists-must-ride-in-the-gutter-wear-helmets-ad-watchdog-rules/015951

Sleep safe

"future t.v adverts" of no consequence then.

Have a happy healthy #helmetweek

does anyone watch t.v apart from i player anyway? no cycling firms advertise on t.v

how come?

He's planning on hitting his head on something.

Probably the same brick wall as the rest of us.

So this:

is more dangerous than this:

Madness I tell you

It's so strange the British media and general public's attitude to cycling. We struggle so much with anything that in any way disturbs drivers, even at the expense of public health. 1/3 of people here are pressed into helmet wearing, while in The Netherlands for example, almost no one does.

All this is so divorced from both common sense and basic risk assessment.

If so many people are crashing and damaging their skulls (which is not the case), why aren't these so called do-gooders asking why people crash (poor driving) and what we can do to stop them crashing (do something about the people who cause the damage)
#helmetweek