Helmet why ISSNT it illegal to not were one?

OK, that’s a small bunch. Fair point then, I hope you (and umop3pisdn) are going to take your own advice.

Though I am enjoying the irony of comparing Graham’s typo with a song which contains no irony…

aracer – Member

So presumably you wear one whilst walking, driving and in the shower. Or are you too stupid to do that?

Slightly different risk profiles

For a start when you are in a car you already have a lot of protection around you.

When walking or in a shower you are in control of the situation. When cycling on a road you have **** who drive dangerously and can crash into you.

When walking or in a shower you are in control of the situation. When cycling on a road you have **** who drive dangerously and can crash into you.

You’re only looking at the magnitude and source of the risk, not the likelyhood.

I think his point was that you’re probably far more likely to suffer a head injury in the shower than you are on a bike. Therefore it makes more sense to wear the helmet in the shower than on the bike, or for both, but saying you should wear one fro cycling and not I the shower is illogical. The odds of being in an accident on the roads are still mercifully very small.

fr0sty125 – Member

When walking or in a shower you are in control of the situation. When cycling on a road you have **** who drive dangerously and can crash into you.

drivers give helmet-less cyclists more room…

(and, when i’m inevitably taken out by a motor-cock, i don’t expect my polystyrene hat to help me one iota)

Nice bit by Chris Boardman today.
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/campaigning/article/20141103-campaigning-news-Boardman–Why-I-didn-t-wear-a-helmet-on-BBC-Breakfast-0

It seems a good time to mention this, perhaps the OP might look…

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/dodgy-asa-ruling-overturned

Midland, you made a little typo there

When I asked if there ought to be a spelling and grammar test before being allowed to post on STW, I didn’t say what the pass mark should be. 😛

I’ve had a life altering head injury, and usually wear a helmet whether cycling on or off road.

However, I’ll argue for freedom of choice but I won’t argue for compulsory helmet wearing.

clearly put case for nonsense of compulsory helmets

And

Headway’s Brick Wall

When walking or in a shower you are in control of the situation. When cycling on a road you have **** who drive dangerously and can crash into you.

Alcohol, elderly people, toddlers! Maybe they should all wear helmets! 😯

We have a problem in this Country that has got worse and worse and that is people cannot accept responsibilities for their own actions, so they have to find someone else to blame, for their own failings. The victim, the authorities, the weather, anything except themselves.

I recently saw a report where a Road Safety officer for a Fire Brigade, called for compulsory cycle helmets. This was due to his young daughter being knocked over by a van. The best bit of it was that his daughter at the time was crossing the road on a Pedestrian crossing, on her bike. Yet he didn’t make any reference to the driver, who was clearly in the wrong.