Re: Jersey introduces bike helmet law for under 18s

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:31:13 +0000 (UTC), Ian Smith
<ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Derek C <del.copeland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Only because under EC proposals, I would be deemed to be responsible
for your death if you incompetently wobbled in front of my car, or
jumped a red light.

No, that would be another case of you stating as fact some wild
extrapolation of reality, presumably because you can't rationally
object to the true situation so would rather make stuff up and object
to that.

Have you found the post where anyone claimed putting on a helmet would
cause death from overheating yet?


Apparently the CTC claim that:

"wearing helmets can sometimes increase the chance of a cyclist being
involved in an accident."

Wicked !!!


--

"wearing helmets can sometimes increase the chance of a cyclist being
involved in an accident."

That august body The CTC

(They've already had a slap for lying by the ASA)
.

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