Comments on: Wear a bike helmet or pay $50 in Vancouver http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2008/03/03/wear-a-bike-helmet-or-pay-50-in-vancouver/ Politics of the People Fri, 16 May 2008 02:24:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: slim http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2008/03/03/wear-a-bike-helmet-or-pay-50-in-vancouver/#comment-43831 slim Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:19:48 +0000 http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2008/03/03/wear-a-bike-helmet-or-pay-50-in-vancouver/#comment-43831 My husband has a 5" long and 1" wide scar on his glute from being hit by a car and thrown off his bike so that his head hit the pavement and the handlebar of his racing bike was impaled in his left cheek (sorry, honey). But he walked away because he was wearing a helmet - which was split in two and held together only by the plastic shell. I think this law is terrific - especially in making parents aware and giving them an incentive to nag their tweens and teens into actually wearing the damn things. My husband has a 5″ long and 1″ wide scar on his glute from being hit by a car and thrown off his bike so that his head hit the pavement and the handlebar of his racing bike was impaled in his left cheek (sorry, honey). But he walked away because he was wearing a helmet - which was split in two and held together only by the plastic shell.

I think this law is terrific - especially in making parents aware and giving them an incentive to nag their tweens and teens into actually wearing the damn things.

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