To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with road safety and cycle representative groups on making it a legal requirement for cyclists to wear helmets on public roads.
Jesse Norman Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Department considered this matter at length in a comprehensive cycling and walking safety review in 2018 and held discussions with a wide range of stakeholders as part of that review. The safety benefits of mandating cycle helmets for cyclists are likely to be outweighed by the fact that this would put some people off cycling, thereby reducing the wider health and environmental benefits. The Department recommends that cyclists should wear helmets, as set out in The Highway Code, but has no intention to make this a legal requirement.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
mattheus wrote: ↑6 Dec 2022, 1:40pm
Stick him in the B Ark ..
What have the Golgafrinchans done to deserve him?!?
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Here's some published info about Mark Pritchard MP
I... n January 2017, it was reported that an inquiry had been launched into all-party parliamentary groups amid concerns they were being used to bypass lobbying rules. Pritchard was singled out in reports as the parliamentarian who sits on the most APPGs, with membership of 41 separate groups...
thirdcrank wrote: ↑6 Dec 2022, 4:49pm
Here's some published info about Mark Pritchard MP
I... n January 2017, it was reported that an inquiry had been launched into all-party parliamentary groups amid concerns they were being used to bypass lobbying rules. Pritchard was singled out in reports as the parliamentarian who sits on the most APPGs, with membership of 41 separate groups...
What … It appears that they certainly don’t ‘work for you’ and that at least some MP’s are significantly abusing the system.
Don’t fret, it’s OK to: ride a simple old bike; ride slowly, walk, rest and admire the view; ride off-road; ride in your raincoat; ride by yourself; ride in the dark; and ride one hundred yards or one hundred miles. Your bike and your choices to suit you.
Mick F wrote: ↑6 Dec 2022, 4:38pm
If they make helmets compulsory for cycling, what about roller skating, or skate-boards?
What about wearing them in a car, or walking down the street?
I was in Spain in August and hired a bike and a helmet was thrust upon me! I don't tend to wear one unless I'm doing something very silly off road, but apparently it's compulsory now
Dingdong wrote:
I was in Spain in August and hired a bike and a helmet was thrust upon me! I don't tend to wear one unless I'm doing something very silly off road, but apparently it's compulsory now
I'm with your sentiments, but if it's the law in another land, then I'll obey the law or not cycle there. Spanish helmet law seems to be somewhat odd.
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