I hate helmet threads but...
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I hate helmet threads but...
Yesterday I was running cycle training session with 40 children and parents.
One parent was also a teacher and ....
They have just banned cycle helmets for their Reception class (who use small trikes) due to so many being badly fitted! They have written this into their risk-assessment.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Some common sense at last
The revolution begins.....
One parent was also a teacher and ....
They have just banned cycle helmets for their Reception class (who use small trikes) due to so many being badly fitted! They have written this into their risk-assessment.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Some common sense at last
The revolution begins.....
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Babies, bathwater, all being thrown out together comes to mind!
One of the few groups helmets are valuable for!
Couldn't somebody just have a fiddle with the straps and sort the adjustment out?
One of the few groups helmets are valuable for!
Couldn't somebody just have a fiddle with the straps and sort the adjustment out?
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Si wrote:When you say badly fitted do you mean way to big/small, or just that the straps weren't adjusted properly? If the latter then it does seem an over reaction when a quick bit of training could have sorted things.
I've no idea. The teacher told me they had done their risk assessment and banned the use of helmets.
I cannot see why they should consider training when they have decided that the helmet has no benefit to their activity.
It sounds a very positive move away from the nannyism that is so prevalent today.
I meant valuable for children. At the speeds they travel and the obstacles their heads will hit, a helmet will actual do some good.
Tricycles do overturn, just ask a few (even the recumbent types - just ask Ben Lovejoy!).
Tricycles do overturn, just ask a few (even the recumbent types - just ask Ben Lovejoy!).
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Wildduck wrote:I meant valuable for children. At the speeds they travel and the obstacles their heads will hit, a helmet will actual do some good.
Fair enough. Clearly you know better than those who are supervising the children and who have undertaken their risk assessment.
I suggest you now contact the LA - I can supply their details (PM me) and you can make your views known.
Tricycles do overturn, just ask a few (even the recumbent types - just ask Ben Lovejoy!)
You don't say.
Children fall off chairs too. I assume you lobby for helmets for them as well.
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Why does this subject cause so much ire?
Let those that want to wear helmets do so (and be told how to fit them properly - how long would that take?), and those that don't want to wear them, don't.
Or is that too simple-minded of me?
Let those that want to wear helmets do so (and be told how to fit them properly - how long would that take?), and those that don't want to wear them, don't.
Or is that too simple-minded of me?
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bikely-challenged wrote:Why does this subject cause so much ire?
Let those that want to wear helmets do so (and be told how to fit them properly - how long would that take?), and those that don't want to wear them, don't.
Or is that too simple-minded of me?
It causes ire because there's a contingent of people (with power) intent on taking that choice away.
They have a simplistic view that since it would be better to be wearing an helmet if you were to hit yourself on the head with an hammer, then it must be better to be wearing one if you're on a bike.
Facts and figures don't come into it, neither does the ability of you to make your own mind up.
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kwackers wrote:It causes ire because there's a contingent of people (with power) intent on taking that choice away.
They have a simplistic view that since it would be better to be wearing an helmet if you were to hit yourself on the head with an hammer, then it must be better to be wearing one if you're on a bike.
But this thread is about some teachers who have banned their use
Something wildduck disagreed with - but he seems to have gone quiet
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Thank you, Kwackers. I didn't know that and I Googled it and found some interesting reading. I never liked the look of Coulthard
Not sure I agree with banning helmets though. I suppose those that don't like it can vote with their feet.
Not sure I agree with banning helmets though. I suppose those that don't like it can vote with their feet.
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kwackers wrote:....It causes ire because there's a contingent of people (with power) intent on taking that choice away.....
Like a teacher who feels that because some helmets are badly fitted no-one should wear them!
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