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Do you agree with mandatory helmet use
No way, nobody tells me what to do!
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Yes, its the sensible approach.
20%
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Only for the under 18's
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Under 12s only, I reckon.


What do you think would be an appropriate criminal sanction for your average under 12?


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salsiccia wrote:
Under 12s only, I reckon.

Under twelve months?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The helmet debate gets clouded by a number of issues.

One is the type of cycling people on this forum tend to do compared with the average punter. Many people on here will be racing, going out on fast group rides and doing challenging off-roading. For these activities I think the wearing of a cycle helmet is sensible given the risks. indeed this type of activity is exactly what cycle helmets are designed for.

Now in contrast, your typical non-competitive cyclist is usually riding on their own on the road 12-15mph to work or the shops. This type of cycling in itself is very safe. The risk of serious injury comes almost exclusively from collisions involving motor vehicles. Cycle helmets are not designed to protect against this. You might argue you would be better off getting hit by a car whilst wearing one, however no other form of transport is expected to take the burden of mitigating the risk from more dangerous forms of transport.

In this respect cycle helmets are the biggest red-herring in road safety policy. Promoting their use is an admission (or worse an acceptance) that you cannot or do not want to control the danger of the motor vehicle.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TBK wrote:
Would, "Yes, I would prefer to be a cabbage after a head impact rather than be killed outright." be more acceptable to you?

How about
"Yes, I realise that 70-odd percent of cyclist fatalities are the fault of negligent motorists and that helmets would save at most 10 percent of these, but I wholeheartedly approve of dumb victim-blaming token gestures as confronting the real issue is much too difficult"
and
"No, imposing a largely fruitless victim-blaming token gesture will only further impede taking measures to address the real issue and significantly improve road safety for cyclists (and as a knock-on effect, motorists too)"?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salsiccia wrote:
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Salsiccia wrote:
Under 12s only, I reckon.


What do you think would be an appropriate criminal sanction for your average under 12?


Nothing. A fine for the parents for negligence.


The sort of thing would have given Jacqui Smith a nice warm feeling inside. More laws, more control, more pointlessness etc etc. Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joursans wrote:
Salsiccia wrote:
Joursans wrote:
Salsiccia wrote:
Under 12s only, I reckon.


What do you think would be an appropriate criminal sanction for your average under 12?


Nothing. A fine for the parents for negligence.


The sort of thing would have given Jacqui Smith a nice warm feeling inside. More laws, more control, more pointlessness etc etc. Wink


Listen, I'm not a fan of new laws for the sake of it, especially in the name of counter-terrorism/eradication of personal liberties, but anything that makes parents take more personal responsibility for their little shts would be good
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salsiccia wrote:
Joursans wrote:
Salsiccia wrote:
Joursans wrote:
Salsiccia wrote:
Under 12s only, I reckon.


What do you think would be an appropriate criminal sanction for your average under 12?


Nothing. A fine for the parents for negligence.


The sort of thing would have given Jacqui Smith a nice warm feeling inside. More laws, more control, more pointlessness etc etc. Wink


Listen, I'm not a fan of new laws for the sake of it, especially in the name of counter-terrorism/eradication of personal liberties, but anything that makes parents take more personal responsibility for their little shts would be good


And what you you propose wouldn't do that.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salsiccia wrote:
Joursans wrote:
Salsiccia wrote:
Joursans wrote:
Salsiccia wrote:
Under 12s only, I reckon.


What do you think would be an appropriate criminal sanction for your average under 12?


Nothing. A fine for the parents for negligence.


The sort of thing would have given Jacqui Smith a nice warm feeling inside. More laws, more control, more pointlessness etc etc. Wink


Listen, I'm not a fan of new laws for the sake of it, especially in the name of counter-terrorism/eradication of personal liberties, but anything that makes parents take more personal responsibility for their little shts would be good


Codifying responsibility is how to guarantee people will no longer take on their own responsibility but will rely on others having done it for them.
And if what was supplied by the 'others' didn't do the trick you can guarantee lawsuits will follow.
eg - I'm made to wear a helmet but I still got brain damage - I'm suing the government, helmet manufacturer, whomever.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cycle helmets are only designed and tested to withstand an impact equivalent to an average weight rider travelling at a speed of 12 mph falling onto a stationary kerb shaped object from a height of 1 metre.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nerbody tells STUART what to do
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