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    Quote Originally Posted by Classic88 View Post
    The theory of Risk Compensation has been applied to cycling and found that "bicycle-related fatalities are positively and significantly associated with increased helmet use". A separate study also found that motorists gave less room to cyclists wearing helmets.
    Sounds reasonable.
    You got a link to the studies?

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    Glad to see this brought up again. I did the same a few years back and got quite a serving. All points I have read are on lots of different web sites arguing this , often backed up by data. I have always believed it should be discretionary, and never understood what made things here an NZ so special that we have these laws. Not really embraced by any other country third world or first world.
    Final thought , if I were to get thumped by a vehicle, the lid might save my brains from oozing out but what of my face , spine , limbs ?

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    Cool Helmets and cyclists.

    Tassie has now for many years had legislation requiring cyclists to wear helmets, regardless of speed or location.

    Skate-boarders, quad-bike riders, and any other powered cycle riders are all required to wear them too.

    And not an old builder's safety helmet either. Must be either a bicycle helmet, or a motor-cycle type.


    The guy that presents our tv news has just recently returned to the screen. He took a tumble from his mountain bike, landed awkwardly and broke his neck. His helmet prevented brain damage.
    After a stint in hospital, months of re-cuperation, some weeks just on radio, he is now back on the tellie.
    One Peter Gee, (used to cover sport for Vic ABC TV) now swears by the use of helmets.


    If you have taken a tumble and survived while not wearing one, you are indeed very lucky. Maybe you even suffered a minor fracture and don't know it. Go get things checked even now. Might explain the eye-strain/headaches, stiffness.

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    When my kids were younger it was a case of No helmet No riding and if I caught the little buggers out riding without their helmet the got a thrashing and No bike for a week, The same goes for my grandkids.
    You Mob can do what you like But I value the lives of my family and Seriously how Bloody hard is it to put a helmet on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gordie View Post
    Rode all through childhood with no helmet...rode m/bikes on farms, no helmet...had some good spills, managed to live through it. Would be happy to see helmet laws gone.
    This sort of comment really is on the dumb side of life
    Im no cyclist and i have no issue wearing a helmet if god forbid i was dumb enough to ride a bike .
    Many years ago i thought weary protective clothing on a motorbike was for Pussy`s .
    I will not go into the finer points of why i changed my mind but let`s just say i had a couple of uncomfortable months
    Now i just cringe when i seen some brain dead idiot riding a motorbike with shorts , thongs , t/shirt and so on .

    At the end of the day it is like seat belts and all that other BS your new cars have to reduce the effect of injury in a car accident .

    Yes it took me years to wear a seat belt but i grew up and got wiser and smarter and i dont care if i look like a dick
    Mentally i get that warm fussy sort of safe feeling

    I don`t care if you wear a helmet or not it is your life .
    But i will say think of those that have to pick up the pieces and or care for your brain dead soul after your little rebellious hissy fit .
    And no i don`t ride a push bike nor intend to .
    I do still ride a motorbike and if i can reduce the chance of greater injury than i am already aware of i will , But i will not stop riding until the day im unable too

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    Quote Originally Posted by rangieman View Post
    This sort of comment really is on the dumb side of life


    I don`t care if you wear a helmet or not it is your life .
    Yes well dumb I may be, but the fact that I have safely ridden all my life, stands.

    Precisely, it is my life, my decision. I also made my kids wear them...I didn't need a law to tell me to do that.

    If I were riding down the side of a mountain like some of the thrill seekers do...yes I would wear a helmet. But I shouldn't get pinged for riding through my quiet suburban streets to the shop, for not having one.

    And...it's the thin end of the wedge...farmers in NZ now face a $15k fine for breach of OHS if they are found not to wear a helmet on a m/bike, on their private land. If anyone does the same thing on a public road, it is a small fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rangieman View Post


    But i will say think of those that have to pick up the pieces and or care for your brain dead soul after your little rebellious hissy fit .
    And If you call that a hissyfit...well...I shall stand corrected and go stand in the corner sir. Sorry I spoke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gordie View Post
    Yes well dumb I may be, but the fact that I have safely ridden all my life, stands.

    Precisely, it is my life, my decision. I also made my kids wear them...I didn't need a law to tell me to do that.

    If I were riding down the side of a mountain like some of the thrill seekers do...yes I would wear a helmet. But I shouldn't get pinged for riding through my quiet suburban streets to the shop, for not having one.

    And...it's the thin end of the wedge...farmers in NZ now face a $15k fine for breach of OHS if they are found not to wear a helmet on a m/bike, on their private land. If anyone does the same thing on a public road, it is a small fine.
    Well i grew up riding a push bike with out a helmet and i survived so does that make it right of course not .
    I will try not to be ignorant nor selfish for the sake of safety .

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    Quote Originally Posted by rangieman View Post
    Well i grew up riding a push bike with out a helmet and i survived so does that make it right of course not .
    I will try not to be ignorant nor selfish for the sake of safety .
    We think a lot along the same lines...I wouldn't ride my m.bike without one, I wear leathers on a 40deg day, I hate it, but I am partial to my skin remaining intact...once again...I don't need laws to make me do that...no law says I have to wear leathers.

    And re having consideration for the people picking up bodies, been there done that...and the injuries I have dealt with, fatal and otherwise...a helmet would not have helped...be it on a bike, m/bike or in a car. Other injuries killed them.

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