Not exact matches
His views were disputed
by cycling charity CTC, which pointed out that last night's death may not have been avoided had the
cyclist been
wearing a helmet.
By folding into a size small enough to fit into a bag, LID Helmets aims to help
cyclists avoid a common excuse for not
wearing head protection.
I
wear both but that's a personal choice, it's not the law, and many
cyclists are angry at being pulled up
by the police over this.
There is a war on the car right now you know, where those
cyclists are taking over the roads, where driving lanes and parking spaces are being lost to bike lanes which is killing businesses everywhere, and where
cyclists are getting killed
by crashing into buses without
wearing helmets and have nobody to blame but themselves.
You can today recognize these sport
cyclists by their very toned calves, their bent - headed determination and their pointy helmets, as well as the stray pieces of cycling kit they may still
wear as they speed their way to and from their places of employ.
Hardly anyone here
wears one, and the number of deaths amongst
cyclists because of accidents is very small, proving that the promotion of helmets is a ruse
by politicians who lack the will to invest money in decent cycle - infrastructure.
By law, every
cyclist under the age of 16 must
wear an approved helmet.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,
wearing a helmet can reduce a
cyclists's risk for head injury
by up to 50 percent.
Cyclists under 18 years old who are biking on the public road are required to
wear bicycle helmets,
by law.
Th e observations of Lord Denning MR in Froom v Butcher [1975] 3 All ER 520 apply to the
wearing of helmets
by cyclists.