Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Or, you know, the blog might just have totally mischaracterized the staff recommendations (the same "mistake" somebody else just documented in this thread).
If the case against legislative mandate is so strong, make it. The attack on the commissioners themselves is just stupid and beside the point. If you actually look at the recommendations as a whole, treating them this badly because you disagree with this one aspect is a pretty stupid thing to do politically as well as rhetorically.
Seriously, do people think they were bought off by Bell or something?
No I don't - and haven't - made any representations about their motivations. The commissioner who brought it up is reportedly an avid cyclist, who may passionately believe that everyone would be better off wearing a helmet. I only point out that the commission ignored their own agency's previous conclusions on this, substituting a "common sense" position based on faulty reasoning from a single data point. Which isn't that uncommon with the helmet issue. Just look at how often it happens here, and even in this thread!