Date: Feb 24, 2015
The proposed California-wide bicycle helmet law has stirred up a passionate debate on blogs and bike club lists as well as in the media. Unfortunately, many discussions have degraded quickly into name-calling and personal insults–like the oh-so-droll “hard-headed bicyclists” headline several media outlets thought was so clever. Many people also expressed off-the-point misunderstandings of objections to the proposal, and questionable statistics have been endlessly repeated.
But there’s no need to settle the question of whether, in total, a helmet law will make bicycling safer.
What’s at issue is whether it’s a wise idea for the state to pass a law that would require every bicycle rider to wear a helmet.
(Read the rest … including a thought experiment … here.)
-cw
CityWatch
Vol 13 Issue 16
Pub: Feb 24, 2015