http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: C4 News FactCheck: "Should we make cycle helmets compulsory?" en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:45:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8004#post-80362 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:44:56 +0000 chdot 80362@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> However Dr Ian Walker, travel psychologist at Bath University says that helmets are a red herring in the debate about cycling safety. "Pushing for helmets for cyclists and nobody else is basically really weird and illogical. For every cyclist killed in the UK, there are seven or eight pedestrians, and they are killed the same way: being hit by cars," he told Channel 4 News.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/wiggins-denies-he-called-for-legally-enforced-helmets" rel="nofollow">http://www.channel4.com/news/wiggins-denies-he-called-for-legally-enforced-helmets</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8004#post-80346 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:30:18 +0000 Stepdoh 80346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[down with this sort of thing] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8004#post-80345 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:28:12 +0000 Stepdoh 80345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[making some point or other] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8004#post-80344 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:20:02 +0000 spytfyre 80344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[self censored] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8004#post-80320 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:40:03 +0000 kaputnik 80320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>@bradwiggins Just to confirm I haven't called for helmets to be made the law as reports suggest</em></p> <p>Not according to Wiggins. Apparently! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8004#post-80316 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:11:44 +0000 chdot 80316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>C4 News FactCheck (@FactCheck)</p> <p>02/08/2012 18:23</p> <p>New on @FactCheck: Should we make cycle helmets compulsory?</p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/Pp2KOj" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/Pp2KOj</a></p> <p>"</p> <p>Nothing particularly new, though it does include -</p> <p>"The study also rejects an assertion sometimes made by the anti-helmet lobby – that helmets can actually increase the risk of a rotational head injury." </p>