ATSB (Australia) softening on helmets

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

From BikeBiz:

http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=5025

Wednesday 8th December 2004

Lid law land agrees that health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks
In the early 1990s, Australia became the first country to introduce
compulsory cycle helmet legislation. A new report from the Australian
Transport Safety Bureau agrees with Mayer Hillman: despite speeding
cars and thundering juggernauts, it's healthier to cycle than not
cycle. Admitting that helmet compulsion is still "contentious", the
ATSB reveals that "the vast majority of cyclist deaths occur on public
roads and involve a motor vehicle," the type of crash profile cycle
helmets are not designed to protect from.

[rest snipped - you will read it if you want to]

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

 

[David Martin]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> From BikeBiz:
>
> http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=5025
>
> Wednesday 8th December 2004
>
> Lid law land agrees that health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks
> In the early 1990s, Australia became the first country to introduce
> compulsory cycle helmet legislation. A new report from the Australian
> Transport Safety Bureau agrees with Mayer Hillman: despite speeding
> cars and thundering juggernauts, it's healthier to cycle than not
> cycle. Admitting that helmet compulsion is still "contentious", the
> ATSB reveals that "the vast majority of cyclist deaths occur on public
> roads and involve a motor vehicle," the type of crash profile cycle
> helmets are not designed to protect from.
>
> [rest snipped - you will read it if you want to]
>
Wouldn't it be great if Oz repealed the MHL.. That would really do
wonders here for shafting BHIT.

...d

 

[Zog The Undeniable]

David Martin wrote:

> Wouldn't it be great if Oz repealed the MHL.. That would really do
> wonders here for shafting BHIT.

Nah - they'd just say "Well, they're all bred from convicts, whaddya
expect?" and carry on.