Are you required to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle?

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snoopeh

I'm 15 y/o and I'm riding like roughly 30 minutes away to buy something. I just need to know if helmets are required by law because i don't want to come home with a fine.

Answer
the law depends on where you live. here in chicago we don't have one, but other places they do. it's up to your city and state. call your local public safety office, they should be able to tell you.

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i'm a commuter biker- i ride my bike for fun as well as transportation. i wear a helmet EVERY SINGLE time i ride, even if i'm only riding for few blocks.

i don't agree with bike helmet laws and believe it should be an optional thing.

i wear one because i know that every time i go out with it, drivers and pedestrians are automatically more courteous to me because they have a visual cue that i follow safety standards. i wear one because i am constantly aware of how "squishy" i am compared to almost everything else around me. i'm not willing to wear chain mail when i bike, but at least i'm protecting the most vulnerable part of me!

i also don't support helmet laws because i support the right for natural selection to do it's job. if a person is dumb enough to ride without one then i'm not gonna feel sorry for them when they end up paralyzed!

Why are car driving people so incredibly lazy and unfit?

World Peac

The UK is very unfit and congested by Volkswagens,
BMW, AUDI, Mercedes and Porsche 9-11 types.

So why do UK people blame each other so much
for their own bad habits and plain laziness?

Why don't the people learn to walk, to ride bicycles
and dammed well get fit so they can be happy?

Are they victims of a government conspiracy to
force everyone to buy a car and drive?

The same question applies to the USA and Greece
and all other car infested countries of moaners who
are simply too lazy to walk or get on their bikes.

I mean just look at Egypt, another place full up with cars,
why not just ban cars from Cairo?

The Cairo Congestion charge could solve the Egyptian
economic crises in 5 minutes!

And investment in the Railways, paid for by congestion
charging would create millions of good local jobs.
Is Congestion charging the Great way to cut income tax and restart the economy?

Answer
Lots of reasons. Besides the obvious, bicycles are not great on 50 mile commutes or in nasty weather. I used to commute by bicycle, up to a 12 mile commute. I was a strong rider (Saturday rides with my friend averaged 80 miles in hills) and had the young man's notion of my own immortality. I have bicycle commuted in freezing rain and in 118 F heat.

The problem is that automobile commuting is much more sensible. While commuting on my bicycle I have had garbage and bottles thrown at me and been deliberately run off the road. Another bicycle commuter in my building at the time was hit in the back of the helmet with a baseball bat as he rode to work. I have been on a bicycle club ride in which one rider was killed and another's neck broken. Bicycles are wonderful things to get out and regenerate our spirits but they have serious weaknesses as basic transportation.

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