From Ben Garside
It’s wrong to claim that cyclists “no longer have an excuse not to wear a
helmet”. Instead cyclists, myself included, need freedom of choice. Experience
gained in other countries shows that enforcing helmet-wearing stops people from
using their cycles, for whom the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks
that other road users impose on them. Therefore, enforcing the use of a helmet
would probably be bad for public health overall.
Gloucester
