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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
Legislation due to come into effect in October this year, details that
cyclists must wear helmets when riding on a public road in South Africa. The amendment was published on the 5 October 2001 and comes into force on the 5th of October 2004. for more see http://sa-cycling.com |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
"David Cowie" wrote in message ... Legislation due to come into effect in October this year, details that cyclists must wear helmets when riding on a public road in South Africa. The amendment was published on the 5 October 2001 and comes into force on the 5th of October 2004. for more see http://sa-cycling.com In 2007 actually The Oct 2004 regulation covers motorbikes only (2) After expiry of three years from the date of commencement of this regulation, no person shall drive or be a passenger on a pedal cycle on a public road unless he or she is wearing a protective helmet which fits him or her properly and of which the chin straps is properly fastened under the chin. (date 5 October 2004) Curious |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
We have had mandatory bicycle helmet legislation in British Columbia, Canada
since 1992. You still see people riding without helmets and we still have many people killed or brain damaged each year as a result. Legislation may help and effective enforcement might help even more, but in the long term it is impossible to help people who refuse to help themselves. I have insisted that my children wear helmets since they started cycling with me at very young ages, before the legislation was even considered. My daughter has only destroyed 2 or 3 helmets. My son who is now a competitor in both road and off-road racing has destroyed more helmets than he can count. Thanks to helmets both of them are functioning adults and not vegetables. Scott Elliot "David Cowie" wrote in message ... Legislation due to come into effect in October this year, details that cyclists must wear helmets when riding on a public road in South Africa. The amendment was published on the 5 October 2001 and comes into force on the 5th of October 2004. for more see http://sa-cycling.com |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
We have had mandatory bicycle helmet legislation in British Columbia, Canada
since 1992. You still see people riding without helmets and we still have many people killed or brain damaged each year as a result..... Or are they killed as a result of being hit by incompetently driven motor vehicles, almost irrespective of whether they are wearing a polystyrene hat or not... Perhaps helmets are available on the Canadian market that far exceed the impact absorbtion abilities of helmets sold everywhere else in the world? (Or perhaps the laws of physics don't apply in Canada...). |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
"Scott Elliot" wrote in message news:2rBCc.17875$mm3.1603@clgrps13...
We have had mandatory bicycle helmet legislation in British Columbia, Canada since 1992. You still see people riding without helmets and we still have many people killed or brain damaged each year as a result. As a result of what? Comparing BC data for 1995 and 1997, the two full years before and after the helmet law was introduced in September 1996, head injuries decreased by 29% a lower reduction than non-head injuries which decreased by 36%. Were helmets responsible for decreasing non-head injuries too? These declines were undoubtedly partly from other safety measures introduced around the same time such as a crackdown on speeding using photo radar as pedestrian injuries decreased also, by 7%. But probably the greatest influence in the reduction of injuries was the reduction in cycling because of aggressive police enforcement of the law. Interestingly, since the law was introduced to 2002 (latest available data)helmeted rider deaths continue to outstrip unhelmeted rider deaths 18 to 16. In Canada as a whole there is no evidence that helmet use has had any effect on fatality rates. See Fatality Trends at: http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc Legislation may help and effective enforcement might help even more, but in the long term it is impossible to help people who refuse to help themselves. I am not sure you are qaulified to give unsolicited advice to others. It would appear you are not familiar with facts from your own back yard and you are rearing a couple of completely incompetent young cyclists. (see below) I have insisted that my children wear helmets since they started cycling with me at very young ages, before the legislation was even considered. My daughter has only destroyed 2 or 3 helmets. My son who is now a competitor in both road and off-road racing has destroyed more helmets than he can count. Thanks to helmets both of them are functioning adults and not vegetables. I wouldn't be so proud of such an appalling record. My kids grew up without helmets but of course they were properly instructed in bicycle handling skills. I suggest you take your parenting responsibilities seriously and quickly get your children cycling instructions. Vance C. Canada Scott Elliot ..... |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
Is this newsgroup really a forum for who-thinks-what
about motorcycle helmets? Complete with all the adolescent sarcasm? Why not move it over to this one? rec.motorcycles |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
"VC" wrote in message
om... I have insisted that my children wear helmets since they started cycling with me at very young ages, before the legislation was even considered. My daughter has only destroyed 2 or 3 helmets. My son who is now a competitor in both road and off-road racing has destroyed more helmets than he can count. Thanks to helmets both of them are functioning adults and not vegetables. I wouldn't be so proud of such an appalling record. My kids grew up without helmets but of course they were properly instructed in bicycle handling skills. I suggest you take your parenting responsibilities seriously and quickly get your children cycling instructions. Vance C. Canada Vance, I'm glad your children have survived your instructing them to cycle without helmets. If they have never crashed, you certainly have not managed to teach them the joys of competitive cycling. I certainly have not seen all my children's crashes, but I will describe two that I did see. My daughter was coming down a gentle hill on an easy tour, took a drink from her water bottle and dropped the bottle as she was putting it back in the rack. The bottle wedged between the front wheel and the frame, sending her over the handle bars. The helmet ended up with a noticeable dent just behind the right ear. My daughter had some road rash, but would have been much more seriously injured if that dent had been in her skull. My son was in a criterium when one of the riders in front of him crashed. He managed to avoid hitting the person, but the bike slid into his front wheel sending him head first into the road. The helmet did not have much damage other than a slight flattening on the front left. Helmets are not designed to take more than one crash and the manufacturer replaced that one under its warranty program. Both of these children have extremely good cycling skills and were acting responsibly, but it is impossible to completely avoid this type of incident if you want to fully live your life. I suppose a safer alternative would be sit home in front of the TV and watch other people play. You can spout all the statistics you want, but the fact is that I have seen bicycle helmets prevent serious injury. Certainly they do not prevent all injuries but to state they are not necessary is not common sense.. I suggest that you teach your children to play and work safely and stop criticizing others who are more responsible. Scott Elliot |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
"Scott Elliot" wrote in message news:IbXCc.14843$HS3.10521@edtnps84... "VC" wrote in message om... I have insisted that my children wear helmets since they started cycling with me at very young ages, before the legislation was even considered. My daughter has only destroyed 2 or 3 helmets. My son who is now a competitor in both road and off-road racing has destroyed more helmets than he can count. Thanks to helmets both of them are functioning adults and not vegetables. I wouldn't be so proud of such an appalling record. My kids grew up without helmets but of course they were properly instructed in bicycle handling skills. I suggest you take your parenting responsibilities seriously and quickly get your children cycling instructions. Vance C. Canada Vance, I'm glad your children have survived your instructing them to cycle without helmets. If they have never crashed, you certainly have not managed to teach them the joys of competitive cycling. I certainly have not seen all my children's crashes, but I will describe two that I did see. My daughter was coming down a gentle hill on an easy tour, took a drink from her water bottle and dropped the bottle as she was putting it back in the rack. The bottle wedged between the front wheel and the frame, sending her over the handle bars. The helmet ended up with a noticeable dent just behind the right ear. My daughter had some road rash, but would have been much more seriously injured if that dent had been in her skull. My son was in a criterium when one of the riders in front of him crashed. He managed to avoid hitting the person, but the bike slid into his front wheel sending him head first into the road. The helmet did not have much damage other than a slight flattening on the front left. Helmets are not designed to take more than one crash and the manufacturer replaced that one under its warranty program. Both of these children have extremely good cycling skills and were acting responsibly, but it is impossible to completely avoid this type of incident if you want to fully live your life. I suppose a safer alternative would be sit home in front of the TV and watch other people play. You can spout all the statistics you want, but the fact is that I have seen bicycle helmets prevent serious injury. Certainly they do not prevent all injuries but to state they are not necessary is not common sense.. I suggest that you teach your children to play and work safely and stop criticizing others who are more responsible. We can all find one or two real-life examples to support what we believe in, while neglecting to mention the many other examples which do not support our claims. Go back under your bridge you troll. Thankfully the safety Nazi's haven't yet introduced such stupid laws here in blighty, but the day they do (inevitable with so many "Safety Nazi's" like you around) will be the day I stop cycling and further pollute the atmosphere by using my car more. At the end of the day my safety is my problem, not yours. And before you say "but if you get hurt it costs the health service so much money to care for you", bear in mind that if I stopped cycling I would probably suffer from heart problems much earlier in life than I would if I was cycling regularly, and that would also cost the health service a lot of money -- James |
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No helmet no ride, says South African Government
"James" wrote in message
... Thankfully the safety Nazi's haven't yet introduced such stupid laws here in blighty, but the day they do (inevitable with so many "Safety Nazi's" like you around) will be the day I stop cycling and further pollute the atmosphere by using my car more. I had intended not to make any more posts on this off topic thread, but some are so humorous I cannot resist. I regret to inform you that you will not be able to avoid safety legislation by abandoning you bicycle in favour of a car. First you are going to be subject to all sorts of silly safety legislation such as wearing seat belts, driving the posted speed limit, obeying traffic robots, driving on the left and taking directions from numerous road signs telling you where to stop, turn, park, yield, merge and not hit children in school zones. Next, when you purchase your car you will find you are required to spend you hard earned money on all sorts of silly safety devices such as air bags, seat belts, turn signals, brake lights, head lights, dual brake systems and impact resistant bumpers. As if that isn't expense enough you will also be paying for a pollution control system to keep the ecologists happy. As a final insult, before you can take your needlessly expensive car on the road you will probably have to buy insurance to protect the other guy in case all that safety crap does not work. A better solution for you would be to flaunt the bike helmet laws by getting one of those totally ineffective skull cap type helmets that American biker gangs wear. You could even put riser handle bars with streamers on your bike to make it look like a Harley Davidson chopper and cruise around looking like a Hells Angel. Scott Elliot |
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