I did some Googling, and found some stories about MIT students' design of a helmet-dispensing kiosk for bike share users, e.g. : http://www.thehubway.com/news/2013/11/14/boston-debuts-helmet-dispenser-for-its-bike-share
But none of the articles I found had dates less than two years ago -- which leads me to wonder if their design worked in practice. As the articles I found point out, helmet dispensers have to solve a lot of problems, including sizing, sanitation and inventory shrinkage, that are not easy to resolve in practice. If you say that helmets should be mandatory, you're making the "all or nothing argument." Instead of making helmets mandatory, I'd like to find creative ways to encourage helmet use. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Mink" <[email protected]> To: "Mitchell Nussbaum" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 10:57:15 AM Subject: Re: [Bikies] CA Proposed Mandatory Helmet Law Why? You mean to tell me that there is no way to have helmet dispensers at the Kiosks? Seems like all the arguments against are economic arguments based on all or nothing logic/arguments. Don't see a lot of creative thinking here. Brian Mink Monona Mitchell Nussbaum wrote: > I (almost) always wear a helmet, so a mandatory helmet law wouldn't affect me > if it were adopted in Wisconsin. But it would probably destroy bike-sharing > in Madison and Milwaukee. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Meiers"<[email protected]> > To: "Charles' 'STRAWSER"<[email protected]>, [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 9:10:13 AM > Subject: Re: [Bikies] CA Proposed Mandatory Helmet Law > > I am not going to take a position one way or another on helmet laws but the > Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute has a rebuttal to some of the most common > objections to helmet laws, about 1/3 of the way down the page. You might find > it interesting to read. As an aside this website has everything you want to > know about helmets and more. > > http://www.helmets.org/negativs.htm > > Steve Meiers > Safety educator > (608) 267-1102 > Box 2986 > Madison WI 53701 > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of STRAWSER, > Charles > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 8:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] CA Proposed Mandatory Helmet Law > > The safety of cyclists on the road is most highly (positively) correlated > with...the number of cyclists on the road. > See "Safety in Numbers slide on John Pucher's presentation of his research > here: > http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher/BikeWalkPublicHealth_April%206.pdf > > As for Mike Rewey's question: "Why not motorcyclists? Why not Pedestrians?" > Well why not CAR DRIVERS? > > ""The results [of studies in Australia show] that a ["motoring helmet"] > headband can greatly reduce the severity of an impact to the head [by up to] > 67 percent with the honeycomb cardboard prototype, when compared with an > impact with no headband." > http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/10/australian-helmet-science-for-motorists.html > > Here's the CDC on barriers to helmet use (and hence why requiring it would > discourage cycling): > Barriers to helmet use include cost, the wearability of bicycle helmets, and > a lack of knowledge regarding helmet effectiveness (33). In addition, some > school-age children (i.e., children less than 15 years of age) believe that > wearing a helmet will result in derision by their peers (34). Among older > children and adults, rates for helmet use are influenced by some of the same > demographic factors as rates for seat belt use (e.g., age, education, income, > and marital status) (14,33), and some of the reasons given for not wearing > helmets are similar to those given for not wearing seat belts (e.g., rider > was on a short trip, helmets are uncomfortable, and negligence) (14). > Approaches to overcoming some of these barriers to helmet use include > community-based programs (33) and bicycle helmet legislation, which may be > particularly effective among school-age children (34-37). > http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00036941.htm > > I think it's in every individual cyclist's best interest to wear a helmet and > visible clothing (and I do so myself, and require it of my son), but it's > clearly in the best interests of cyclists in aggregate to eliminate ANY laws > that discourage cycling, including helmet laws. Anyone advocating any laws > that would discourage cycling is either uninformed, or does not really have > the best interests of cyclists (in aggregate) at heart. > > Now I must go and get the marshmallows to roast on the flames of the helmet > war that is about to ensue. > chuck > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Rewey > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 3:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] CA Proposed Mandatory Helmet Law > > I agree with the Cal Bike Coalition opposition for many reasons. First it > would make the poor > the most likely violators. Why not motorcyclists? Why not Pedestrians. > > Mike Rewey > > On 19 Feb 2015 at 15:40, Clayton Griessmeyer wrote: > > California Bicycle Coalition is opposing a proposed mandatory bicycle helmet > (and reflective night clothing) law. They say it will make California´s > streets less safe. > > They argue: > > Bicycling with or without a helmet savesas many as 77 livesfor every life > lost in a crash. Per hour of participation, bicycling isthree times safer > than swimming, and twice as safe as riding in a car. And it´s getting safer. > Since 2000, by rate,the risk of bicycling injury in California has dropped > 45%. > > http > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
