Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws

[Sans__Culottes]

100. Not much sleep,

and still cranky from withdrawal, but I'll try to address your post now since I've received responses much more contentious than yours.

I can't refute your facts. I won't pester you with a request for citations because you are a trusted poster and I'm sure that if you state a fact it is, indeed, a fact.

I'll repeat that all of my posts in this thread are solely my opinions. I'll add that I can only speak of the situation in the US because I have no knowledge of the laws or even the insurance practices in the countries of which you speak.

I still believe that these laws, that I consider to be draconian, are promoted by the insurance industry *in the US* because it protects their profits.

Thank you for your service to the community as an EMT. As a retired LEO, my experience of bicycle/motorcycle accidents on surface streets and Interstates is that these vehicles are scary as fuck. I rode when I was a kid but you couldn't convince me to get on one again with any argument.

As an EMT have you ever witnessed a terminal spinal injury suffered by a cyclist wearing a helmet?

I have. Also, lost limbs. Disfiguring scars.

I know of, but was not directly involved in reporting, lungs punctured by ribs and one incident of a lost eye. That victim was wearing a legal helmet, but eye-protection is not mandated within helmet laws.

By extrapolation, since riding these vehicles incurs the risk of maiming and crippling injuries DESPITE the mandate for helmets, shouldn't you advocate for legislation outlawing their use?



When does it stop?