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The helmet question 15-Nov-2010 At 8:20:33 AM Richard Delaney

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I like to have choice - although have always been a strong advocate of helmets for cycling.
Recently I've been reconsidering this - since hearing that the single biggest reason "community free bike schemes" don't work in Australia is helmet legislation.
I've walked away almost unscratched from a helmet cracking bike accident, my cousin died from similar - I've thought about this heaps.
But - I'm sick of organizations getting in the way of supporting more active and healthy lifestyles. NSW NPWS is completely blinkered on this and, in places, go to ridiculous efforts to exclude mountain bikes. If kids find bikes attractive then we should do anything to support this rather than the wii/xbox alternatives...
It also doesn't help that we have one of the worst collective driver attitudes to bike riders - I can't believe that the old "they don't pay road taxes" one still gets pedalled out!
Richard (maybe that's enough coffee this morning!)