CTC newsletter BMA stuff

I know a lot of people will have got this in their CTC newsletter, but
I've seen no mention of it; so here it is.



BMA reverses its support for helmet compulsion... almost

The British Medical Association came amazingly close to overturning its
2-year-old policy of supporting compulsory helmet-wearing at its Annual
Representatives Meeting earlier this week. A motion "That BMA policy on
cycle helmets is not consistent with current evidence and should be
reconsidered by the Board of Education and Science" was proposed by
Doctors Peter Ward and Steven Watkins - the latter being the Director of
Public Health in Stockport and Chair of the Health and Transport Group.
The motion was narrowly defeated by 97 to 117. CTC warmly congratulates
Drs Ward and Watkins for their tireless persistence in pressing the BMA
to reconsider the latest evidence on the effects of helmet-wearing and
helmet laws. CTC will be joining Dr Ward and cycle safety expert John
Franklin to present this evidence to BMA President Sir Charles George in
a couple of weeks=3F time.




--
Mark, UK
"All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no
personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would
help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed
it."
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Irresponsible Ad
    ... Last week British doctors were given a figure for deaths ... that dropping a watermelon in a helmet was an appropriately ... to show how effective a helmet is but health and safety ... us more a bout you than it does about the BMA. ...
    (rec.bicycles.soc)
  • Re: Sorry about this, but you can never have enough helmet posts. Springboard for something better
    ... based on ignorance, poor research or the pious thought that a helmet ... You're being /far/ too kind to the BMA. ...
    (uk.rec.cycling)
  • helmet letter
    ... The following appeared in the local rag, Bristol Evening Post, on Tuesday, ... "Reader Mrs Alders is right to be concerned about cyclists riding on the ... lives by not wearing a helmet. ... The BMA recently changed its democratically arrived at decision not to ...
    (uk.rec.cycling)
  • Re: Cyclists a menace on the towpath
    ... :>Tim Leech wrote: ... :>I'm an insured cyclist - through the CTC. ... I don't own a helmet, ... :>have no plans to buy one. ...
    (uk.rec.waterways)
  • Re: Helmets anyone?
    ... countries where mandatory helmet wearing is imposed cycling has fallen ... It seems that the organisation may have been leant on politically following the failure of last year's Private Member's Bill attempting to make helmets compulsory for children under 16. ... BTW, if you're interested in the meta-analysis (the BMA have repeatedly claimed that the policy change was the result of new data, although the analysis contains no new data), you can find it by following the links here: ...
    (rec.sport.unicycling)