In New Zealand there's a huge group of people who believe "people are not using bicycles for communting or errands because they have to wear a helmet".



And even when people point out that other reasons are more likely (have to collect children after work, weather, too hilly, work doesn't support cycling, takes too long, not fit enough, no bike paths) they don't listen and keep on harping on about "if only the helmet law was taken away how many more people would cycle".