Originally Posted by
detroitjim
even as staff members reminded panelists that such laws may reduce overall cycling, and lead to the “unintended consequence” of more road fatalities because fewer cyclists will mean less pressure on local officials to build the kind of protected infrastructure that is proven to improve cyclist safety.
In my opinion, that is a pretty weak argument. As far as my riding environment, I see about 100 cyclists riding up a local mountain road. On flatter sections, bike trails, coast highways, I see hundreds of cyclists on every ride.
It is very rare that I see even 1 cyclist without a helmet.
So to say that if the helmet was made mandatory, there would be less cyclists isn't true. I've met hundreds and hundreds of cyclist and only 2 have said they don't care for helmets. One had a bud that crashed with head injuries and even now that dude wears a helmet.
This is in Sunny California, so I am not sure with the weak attitude of other states that could end cycling over a helmet, but that won't happen here.
