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US city to repeal compulsory bike helmet law and allow cyclists to ride on pavements

News follows manager of helmet brand saying this week that they can’t be designed specifically for collisions involving motor vehicles

Thu, Jul 09, 2020 15:36
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James May (CC BY-SA 2.0 licence by Airwolfhound:Flickr)

James May urges Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “bomb us with bicycles” with £80bn HS2 cash

Grand Tour presenter also says not wearing a helmet "makes you look like someone making a tiresome point”

Mon, Jun 01, 2020 12:49
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Airbus UK employees must wear high-viz and helmets to cycle on site

Staff at Filton and Broughton were told of new safety rules in a recent memo

Sun, Mar 08, 2020 20:20
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Wearing a cycle helmet may increase risk of injury, says new research

Paper presented at National Road Safety Conference in Telford

Tue, Nov 12, 2019 23:58
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Australia’s mandatory helmet laws “have become a tool of disproportionate penalties and aggressive policing” say researchers

“The goal is meant to be harm reduction. Piling on the fines does more harm than good”

Fri, Oct 25, 2019 14:35
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Helmet Row (picture copyright Simon MacMichael)

Study claims cyclists wearing helmets less likely to die from injuries

Researchers analysed 10 years of casualty data from across the US

Thu, Sep 19, 2019 09:47
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Helmet Row (picture copyright Simon MacMichael)

Canada’s first bicycle mayor lashes out against helmet law

Susan Stokhof says compulsory helmet laws reflect a failure of government

Thu, Jul 04, 2019 12:14
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James Cracknell urges cyclists to wear helmets after being photographed riding without one

Rower has been a prominent advocate of cycle helmets since suffering a fractured skull and brain damage in 2010

Sat, May 11, 2019 11:59
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Highway Code cycle clothing advice

Highway Code cycle helmet tweet branded ‘victim blaming’ by Cycling UK

Charity says advice allows careless drivers to evade responsibility

Sat, Jan 05, 2019 21:05
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Study (still) indicates that drivers give cyclists wearing helmets less room when overtaking

Of course some drivers pass too closely no matter what you wear

Sat, Dec 01, 2018 13:14
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