Not sure these laws would have kept me off a bicycle as a kid, I just would have ridden without a helmet.

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Not sure these laws would have kept me off a bicycle as a kid, I just would have ridden without a helmet.
http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/28/bicycle-helmet-laws-good-at-keeping-kids

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Don S (-Public Parts-) said…
My first car didn't have seat belts but the next year model did and made it a selling point.
And yeah, I would have ridden sans head bucket.  But trying to get my own kids to ride with one is a challenge.
February 28, 2013 at 7:52 PM
Clint Udy said…
Kids are what we call malleable. They can absorb impacts that adults can't. But they also learn better, and learn from another. One kid gets brainpanned, they all want helmets.
February 28, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Clint Udy said…
And if the helmets didn't make you look like you belong in a special ed class, maybe the kids would wear them
February 28, 2013 at 8:10 PM
Thomas Miller said…
Looking back on some of the times my head struck the pavement or plywood (ramps), I wish I had worn them, but did not because of the cool factor. I now wear one cycling and snowboarding, because after the last impact at 34 I have short term memory issues, like remembering names or details, and mood swings. Big picture, creative problem solving has gotten better, but need others to do the specifics. Probably not the last hit alone, but the culmination of many. I occasionally feel like the meme of the hockey player with the water bottle backwards, "I can count to potato". I really am a different person.
February 28, 2013 at 9:36 PM
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