Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Do helmet laws discourage cycling?
From a blog (Freakonomics) featured regularly in the NY Times, this post suggests that helmet laws, while saving lives and reducing injury, keep some people off bicycles. Helmets are expensive, helmets are a nuisance...and seeing helmets on so many riders' heads makes cycling seem scary.
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Helmet laws are (essentially) ignored by riders in California. The law states that anyone under 18 must wear a helmet.
Those that do wear helmets frequently leave them unfastened or so loose that they'd provide little protection in a fall.
Sometimes these "feel good" laws are just plain . . . silly and reflect on our political common sense.
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