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> Why are people trying so hard to kill mandatory helmets? From the article it implies that helmet laws discourage casual cyclists or those wanting to use a hi
by harg 9y ago
> Why are people trying so hard to kill mandatory helmets?
From the article it implies that helmet laws discourage casual cyclists or those wanting to use a hire bike. It seems silly to many people to have to don PPE just to pootle down the road to the shops.
No-one is trying to take away people's decision whether or not to wear a helmet, just the obligation.
You could also argue that if you're enforcing helmets for riding bicycles then you should also enforce it for other activities that suffer from the same or higher incidences of head-injury. E.g. being an occupant in a motor vehicle.
> Because perhaps people who refuse to wear helmets shouldn't be on the road.
Why shouldn't they be on the road? What danger to they present to anyone (expect, debatably, themselves) by not wearing one?
- dozzie 9y ago> You could also argue that if you're enforcing helmets for riding bicycles then you should also enforce it for [...] being an occupant in a motor vehicle. Funny you mention that, because in my country a motocycle passenger is required to wear a helmet (the driver is required too, obviously). I cannot think of any sane reason why helmet would be required for the driver but not for the passenger (other than unintended omission in the law).