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07-08-2008, 06:34 AM #1
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Wearing a helmet ruins my hair...
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07-08-2008, 07:12 AM #2
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wow, good one!
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07-08-2008, 07:28 AM #3
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Excellent.
Even here, in California where we have helmet laws for kids under 12, I still see kids without helmets, not to mention adults.
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07-08-2008, 08:20 AM #4
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There's no enforcement of the helmet law. We can't even seem to make it a requirement for kids riding to school. Bugs the heck out of me.
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07-08-2008, 10:41 AM #5
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Our city is now trying to put a helmet law into place for kids and is offering free helmets for same.
My ma's early onset (in her 40's) dementia was attributed to a helmetless crash when she was a teen around 1963 or so.
Our kids lose riding privileges for 2 weeks if caught riding anything on wheels without a helmet. We do not ride without our helmets. My 5 year old son will yell "HELMET" at you if he sees you riding without and that's fine by me.
Wear it.I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
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07-08-2008, 10:46 AM #6
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They took the bike racks off the elementary school properties to discourage kids from riding to school and don't like them walking, either. They are all eligible for bus service no matter how close they live.
Originally Posted by Veronica
My son's school seriously recommended I not allow walking or riding but did offer that he could chain the bike to a stair railing if I really insisted.
I do.
You know, come to think of it they never did ask if he'd be wearing a helmet or made any mention of one.
OK, sorry, back to topic at hand...
Last edited by singletrackmind; 07-08-2008 at 10:48 AM.
I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
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07-08-2008, 10:53 AM #7
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Not too shabby of an ad campaign! It doesn't speak to kids though. And not sure if we'd ever see such graphic stuff hit the US.
Our town has a free helmet giveaway during the summer. I still can count on my one hand the amount of kids I see wearing helmets. And that includes my 2 kids! It's sad and even worse parents won't make their kids wear one until the worst happens and then it's too late! My kids don't touch their wheeled toys unless the helmet is on. It's just like buckling the seat belt!
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07-08-2008, 11:13 AM #8
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Pedal Wench, wow, those are some very powerful images.
Singletrackmind, my son's school doesn't allow bikes to be ridden to school. It states in the school regulations that the bike will be confiscated and will only be released to a parent. After reading that DH was tempted to call his buddies and escort DS to school in protest. He never did follow through on that though. Although, as a parent, it's not the safest road to bike on for kids. No sidewalk, narrow shoulder and since it runs parallel to Bothell-Everett Hwy, some drivers zoom through it to avoid traffic on the highway.
Never mind that it's a residential street with a posted speed limit of 25mph(plus we're supposed to slow down to 20 when children are present, no matter the road) and with an elementary school, park, and daycare on it. For school events, I've parked my car on the nearby neighborhood street and walked my children to the school only to have a car go by at 50mph. WTF I'd really like to slap these people.
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07-08-2008, 01:59 PM #9
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Very powerful images. I'm sharing this with my helmet wearing cyclist friends. Originally Posted by Pedal Wench
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07-08-2008, 04:12 PM #10
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Do me favor? Share this with some non-helmet wearing friends too! Originally Posted by sundial
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07-08-2008, 07:53 PM #11
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I'm thinking about emailing this to DH at his work E. I religiously make the kids wear their helmets. I preach to him, but it falls on deaf ears. Originally Posted by Pedal Wench
I absolutely hate hats of any kind. Wearing a hat, aka helmet, to ride was a new one to me. Kids never wore em in my old neighborhood. But, hat hater or not, I never ride without my helmet. DH just makes fun of how it looks.
Those pics are quite moving. People always think that things just happen to others, not them.
I wish I knew the E of a very good gym bud of mine that's a roadie. Last I saw him on his old vintage bike he road to the gym, he went to saddle up to leave, guess what... NO HELMET! I said, "OMG! You have GOT to be kidding me???".
I told him I hated hats. He started to chime in thinking that I did not wear a helmet, hoping for non-helmet wearing support
... I quickly corrected the misgiving. He said, "Well, I wear one to race... but just on the city ride to the gym, I don't need one...". ...with that look on my face, he stoomped off, saddled up, and rode away. I still can not believe he does not wear one. Professionally, he is quite a brilliant man. Well, for now as long as his brain is not smooshed in the street. Yikes.
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