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The Case for Not Wearing a Bike Helmet
Helmets have been mandatory in the pro peloton for well over a decade. Where’s the data that it’s helping?
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Bicycle Network campaigns for helmet law reform
Australia's Bicycle Network has come out in favour of reforming Australia's mandatory bicycle helmet law.
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Cycling Tips: Commentary
Commentary: Why I stopped wearing a bike helmet
by Peter Flax
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Bicycling Magazine
It’s Okay If You Don’t Wear a Bike Helmet
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Carlton Reid, transport writer
I Do Not Wear A Bicycle Helmet
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More on Why We Shouldn't Have Mandatory Helmet Laws
Over on VOX, Joseph Stromberg rounds up the studies about bike helmets and concludes that if you want to get more people to ride bikes, then you shoul
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Give Kids Bikes, Not Helmets
Why helmet giveaways are an act of surrender
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Enough with the Smashed Watermelons! Helmet Mania Is Scaring Kids Away from Biking
Free Range Kids
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CTC, the UK's largest national cycling organisation, has issued two briefing documents to set out its views on the wearing of cycle helmets. The briefings set out the key facts and arguments – backed by extensive references – on helmet effectiveness, risks when cycling and the various stategies that might be brought to bear on the risks that are present. It stresses the need for informed decisions about helmets in the context of wider health outcomes and makes recommendations for employers, schools and event organisers.
The briefing is in two parts. The first part (11 pages) includes the headline messages and main arguments. The second part (23 pages) goes into more detail in a thorough overview of the evidence.
CTC says it is not 'anti-helmet' and does not take sides on whether or not it is a good idea for individual cyclists to wear them. However, it believes that helmets have not been shown to be an effective way to reduce cyclists' injury risks and might even be counter-productive. It believes that there is no justification for helmet laws or promotional activities that protray cycling as a particularly 'dangerous' activity; or that make unfounded claims about the effectiveness of helmets.
Sat 21 Apr 2012
