Urgent meeting to debate compulsory helmets for all on Jersey

This is such a shame as Jersey is a great place to cycle. Adding rules that suggest that cycling on Jersey is more dangerous than on the mainland can only be a bad thing.

Somewhat related, I saw a mother and daughter walking close to my house the other day (I'm guessing on the school run), both in full high-viz. I should add this was during daylight hours with near perfect visibility in an area with pavements. It makes me sad that anyone feels the need to gear up in PPE just to walk to work or school.

I really can't understand this.
Why not just remove the problem at source?

Ban cycling and walking.

Then there can be no more cyclists and pedestrians getting injured or killed on the roads, and drivers would not have to worry about taking care when passing them, or having people cross the road in front of them. And think about the savings in time on journeys and hospital beds etc.

Problem solved.

thebungle, your don't need a massive road building project. I am talking about little things.

Priority on traffic lights, the pointless painted cycle paths, how road is allocated, how bus lanes work etc etc.

Then on the new, why are new business and retail parks built with no thought to cyclists, why is it so hard to get around by public transport?

At the weekend was talking to someone about why is it there are no footpaths across a tesco car park? i know it is a little thing but it sets the tone.

Making helmet wear the law in mainland UK would stop a lot of people wanting to even start riding in the first place!

Are they going to make all pedestrians wear Zoorbs?

Two accidents on the same stretch of road. Why not look into why the accidents happened, and then try and stop them happening again?
Helmet laws act as a diversion from tackling the cause of accidents.
Laws have not worked in NZ or Oz, which are worse than twice as dangerous as GB for cycling. Instead of looking at the source of the danger, and trying to find out why they are worse than us (never mind much worse than Nl or D) their governments made helmets compulsory, and have not been able to show any improvement in cyclist casualty rates.

I saw a man walk into a lamp post last night and knock himself out (admittedly he was drunk). Does that mean we should all wear helmets whilst walking?

Wearing a helmet is common sense if you're going on a longer journey. But if I'm riding up to the shop, or just around the corner to my friend's house then I don't want to.

Will they implement the same law for motorists next time a motorist dies of head injuries?