Tagged: helmets

Should Cycle Helmets be made Optional? - Molecular Matters

Michael Edmonds • Jun 25, 2013 •

• cycling,
• cyclists,
• helmets,
• mandatory,
• optional

This morning on Breakfast TV, the hosts spoke to a cycling advocate who wants the waering of cycling helmets to be made optional. The first reason given for this change is that less people cycle now because they have to wear cycle helmets. I’d like like to see the evidence for this as it sounds like this could simply … Read More

Helmetless bike riders – a dying breed - Kidney Punch

John Pickering • Oct 24, 2012 •

• bicycle,
• bike,
• CDHB,
• cycle,
• head injury,
• helmets,
• Safety

A few weeks ago a member of Christchurch City Council and Canterbury District Health Board advocated the non-wearing of bike helmets.  I commented on the idiocy of this at the time. A source tells me that said person got a hard time from other CDHB board members-good. Perhaps this recent research will put the anti-establishmet … Continue reading » … Read More