tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post3294359908376960324..comments2023-11-02T04:23:00.400-06:00Comments on Cyclelicious: President Bush has his priorities straightYokota Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-43168848527739769342007-02-24T23:47:00.000-07:002007-02-24T23:47:00.000-07:00Nice segue into the helmet legislation issue Fritz...Nice segue into the helmet legislation issue Fritz. <BR/><BR/>I actually wrote a whole post on the John Stossel 20/20 helmet segment but trashed it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'll leave a short thought on that here.<BR/><BR/>In Oz, our experience is that after the initial decline in participation, something that took years to recover, helmets are no longer seen as an objection, just a part of the kit. We've moved on, but it is amusing to see the discourse over there. The anti's are wrong.<BR/><BR/>I've never see legislation as the issue some folks make it out to be, but then that's me. Govt's legislate on all kinds of things, so why not helmets? I know, I know, I've heard all the arguments.<BR/><BR/>However, national and cultural differences do apply, so in the case of the US public education on helmets rather than legislation is the way to go.<BR/><BR/>Reading so many US cycling blogs it's apparent that cycling is on the up, so I'd be cautious regarding anything that would disrupt the trajectory, the end goal is more folks on bikes, and the risk assessment on your side of the pond favours letting sleeping dogs lie.<BR/><BR/>Re the Pakistani would be bombers: All three guys on the one bike carrying home made explosives, nutty. An early candidate for the Darwin Awards 2007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com