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The Case for Not Wearing a Bike Helmet
Helmets have been mandatory in the pro peloton for well over a decade. Where’s the data that it’s helping?
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Bicycle Network campaigns for helmet law reform
Australia's Bicycle Network has come out in favour of reforming Australia's mandatory bicycle helmet law.
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Cycling Tips: Commentary
Commentary: Why I stopped wearing a bike helmet
by Peter Flax
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Bicycling Magazine
It’s Okay If You Don’t Wear a Bike Helmet
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Carlton Reid, transport writer
I Do Not Wear A Bicycle Helmet
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More on Why We Shouldn't Have Mandatory Helmet Laws
Over on VOX, Joseph Stromberg rounds up the studies about bike helmets and concludes that if you want to get more people to ride bikes, then you shoul
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Give Kids Bikes, Not Helmets
Why helmet giveaways are an act of surrender
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Enough with the Smashed Watermelons! Helmet Mania Is Scaring Kids Away from Biking
Free Range Kids
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Sydney polls support overturn of helmet law
Polls in the Sydney Morning Herald suggest that most people in this part of New S
read more ... 3 Nov 2010
US Supreme Court dismisses claim that retailers should provide helmet fitting instructions
The parent of a child who was seriously injured in a bicycle accident brought sui
read more ... 1 Nov 2010
Injury concerns rise as football helmets questionned
According to a feed from the New York Times, there are growing concerns about US
read more ... 20 Oct 2010
Helmet with a smell
The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg has come up w
read more ... 20 Oct 2010
Now an airbag for the head!
After several years of research and development a bicycle helmet unlike anything
read more ... 18 Oct 2010
Only 7 minor injuries in over 1 million hire journeys
Transport for London announces that since the London bike hire scheme began, ther
read more ... 12 Oct 2010
Weak study claims helmet laws lead to children quiting cycling
According to a study by Carpenter and Stehr, helmet laws encourage kids to give u
read more ... 9 Oct 2010
Skateboard law defeated in British Columbia
The Union of British Columbia Municipalities has voted helmet on legislation for
read more ... 7 Oct 2010
Vancouver bike share faced with uphill legal climb
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson wants the city to have a public bike system, eve
read more ... 4 Oct 2010
National Radio considers the Australian helmet laws
"The law here is that cyclists must wear helmets, but in Europe it is not mandato
read more ... 18 Sep 2010
Helmet law rejected in Alberta
Opponents of a contentious new bike bylaw got their wish in September when the ci
read more ... 13 Sep 2010
Appeal court overturns helmet law conviction
An appeal court in New South Wales, Australia, has overturned the conviction of c
read more ... 4 Sep 2010
Fold-up helmet to save Melbourne bikes?
In a bid to save Melbourne's troubled bike share scheme, the state government is
read more ... 28 Aug 2010
Call to repeal law on bicycle helmets
The Australian media has been giving prominent coverage to research by academics
read more ... 15 Aug 2010
Italian law proposal withdrawn
On 27th May the Transport Commission of the Italian Government cancelled an amendm
read more ... 26 May 2010