bring a proposed national law for mandatory helmet use to get wandering Mayor de Blasio to bring it home.
This is common sense-but neither Mayor Bill nor former Mayor Mike were employing a sensible
public safety tactic. All the cycling deaths and injuries over the past 2 -3 decades might have been
reduced if the cyclist wore a helmet. I myself have avoided serious injury at least 3 times because
I was wearing a helmet.
Another serious neglect was to establish a responsible bike culture. If cyclists adhered to the rules
of the road and conducted themselves in a law abiding predictable manner the streets and sidewalks would be much safer. There is no safety-all bike infrastructure to the contrary-without a responsible
bike culture.
TA fighting the mandatory use of helmets simply illustrates the irrational drive to impose cycling
on the public. The politicians who have jumped on the bandwagon-conflating going green with
a lawless bike culture merely demonstrate their own susceptability to arm twisting and their
own negligence in serving the public responsibly.
Click on WCBSTV below and look for small icon-Helmets about to become mandatory for interview.
It's a grim static for New York City bike
riders -- 27 cyclists have lost their lives on local streets this year,
compared to 10 last year. Now, the federal government says something has
to be done to end the carnage. CBS2's Marcia Kramer reports
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