andyp wrote:
> "mr_rolfi" <
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>
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> > Jean Marie le Blanc said on Eurosport today they must now make the
> decision
> > on helmets for the riders. As sad as this all is, it must be left at the riders discretion.
> > David Duffield and Sean Kelly were careful not to bang
> on
> > about the helmet theme. We all know the risks.
> >
> "We all know this risks" is not good enough. I do not believe that seat belt wearing nor crash
> helmet (on motorbikes) would be the "norm" today if they were not made compulsory. Knowing the
> risks is something but it is never the dead who have to pick up the pieces or have to try and
> explain how a preventative death occur.
>
> It was not by intent when I posted my initial response to start a helmet thread, on the other hand
> why not. If tragic events like this are not used as a catalyst for debate what can?
>
Well as this is a UK ng and cycle helmets are *already* compulsory for massed start racing here,
what point would you like to make?
John B