Fantastic video.
No one should be allowed to engage in any debate on cycling helmets until you've watched that video!
Compulsory cycle helmets - what's the proof
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Fantastic video.
No one should be allowed to engage in any debate on cycling helmets until you've watched that video!
There are many, many rules applying to the use of the roads. I don't see them being enforced very often. What's the point of adding yet another rule which probably won't be enforced most of the time and, even if it was enforced, is unlikely to make much difference in the great scheme of things?
snorri
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If they feel safer when wearing a helmet they will be more inclined to take risks, not good.
I wear one purely for my commute and then only because I don't want it to be used against me in court if I get knocked off.
I don't like them, don't like the way it makes me feel 'safe' on a bike and don't like the way it makes cycling appear to be a dangerous sport up there with rock climbing and ice hocky!
It would also put my kids of riding up and down our very quiet road. My son rides a BMX and actually chooses to wear a helmet when doing ramp stuff, but in general I'd never insist he wears it when riding for leisure - it would put him off!
I'd resist compulsory helmet laws VERY strongly.
Mind you - the number of BMX riders that go brakeless is mental and I've never seen a single one of them stopped. This is already illegal so what chance does a helmet law have?
I don't like them, don't like the way it makes me feel 'safe' on a bike and don't like the way it makes cycling appear to be a dangerous sport up there with rock climbing and ice hocky!
It would also put my kids of riding up and down our very quiet road. My son rides a BMX and actually chooses to wear a helmet when doing ramp stuff, but in general I'd never insist he wears it when riding for leisure - it would put him off!
I'd resist compulsory helmet laws VERY strongly.
Mind you - the number of BMX riders that go brakeless is mental and I've never seen a single one of them stopped. This is already illegal so what chance does a helmet law have?
schlafsack
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They can't put their feet on the floor, their trousers would fall down.
Mad at urage
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Which is exactly the speeds that cycle helmets are designed to protect at - not involving another vehicle and less than 12 mph
Mad at urage
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This.
OTOH they are a great place to conceal and stabilise a small camera, also a great framework for mounting lights on my head!
Of course all that unpadded plastic and weight probably negates the (laughable) standards the helmets are tested to ...
markharry66
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If I had to wear a helmet I would give up cycling it alway amazes me how people make judgements on topics they have no first had experience must be a slow news week or something
I'd be more worried about those things creating impact points and snag points which not only negates any possible benefits but is equivalent to adding spikes to your skull.
My lights and camera are mounted on a stretchy head band which is secured with velcro and sits under and within the profile of the helmet.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
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- South Croydon
Does anyone have any figures for how much energy a helmet can absorb and how much a human skull can absorb?
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