I wouldn't worry about the helmets, many kids these days wear their helmets on
their bikes (in other words they will take the risk and take the helmet off despite
parents buying helmets) and many of them aren't fitted properly if they are wearing
them.
The problem is that we give out life jackets and don't do anything about swimming
lessons. Or as someone else said, we give 16 years old the keys to the car, tell
them to wear seatbelts and turn them loose on the road without a drivers licence
and education. And we wonder why there is a problem.
Mom on a Bike
Paul Lindsay wrote:
> >They believe that the increased use of bike helmets may have had an
> >unintended consequence:
> >that cyclists when wearing helmets take more risks.
> Interesting concept. Expanding the idea further, I have often
> wondered if injuries/accidents occur in a number of sporting
> activities due to the thought process of "I can't be hurt now that
> I am wearing all this protective gear".
> There has been the (dare I mention his name?) Don Cherry school of
> thought that hockey injuries related to sticks have increased since
> the mandatory use of helmets. I would think that American-style
> football injuries are much higher than that of rugby where no
> protective gear is worn. And on a personal level (showing my age here)
> I can recall that wearing a full-face shield helmet while riding a
> motorcycle gave one a more "closed-in" safe feeling than the days when
> helmets were an option but not the law.
> ... Paul L.
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