Is it illegal to ride a bike without a helmet on the road?

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I live in Canada Ontario Toronto. Is it illegal to ride my bike without a helmet on the road, I'm just wondering since I'll be going to high school and riding my bike to there.

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I'll tell you, being struck by a car when I was 15 and sustaining a very serious head injury(In a coma for six months!), everyone regardless of age should be required to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle!

Not sure if it's illegal where you live though. Call your local police and ask them. They know the laws.
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do i realy need to wear a helmet on my bicycle?

Jeff H

im 17 and in ontario.there just so gay i dont want to wear the stupid thing
but do the cops realy care? ps i have an engine straped to my bike and i cruise around 40kph so that may factor in somehow?

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You don't care enough to protect yourself or your family so don't bother. There are two types of riders those who have crashed and those that will.

If you go to Las Vegas always bet on the 3000+lb car over the 170lb helmet-less bike rider.

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do i realy need to wear a helmet on my bicycle?

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Jeff H

im 17 and in ontario.there just so gay i dont want to wear the stupid thing
but do the cops realy care? ps i have an engine straped to my bike and i cruise around 40kph so that may factor in somehow?

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You don't care enough to protect yourself or your family so don't bother. There are two types of riders those who have crashed and those that will.

If you go to Las Vegas always bet on the 3000+lb car over the 170lb helmet-less bike rider.

what are the bicycle helmet laws in ontario canada?

Caryn A

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Canada has some provincial and local helmet laws. Ontario's helmet law for cyclists under 18 took effect in 1995. It was originally to have covered all ages, and there is a bill in parliament now to extend it to do that. There is spirited opposition by a few cyclists there. (see links below) Proponents cite the cost of cyclists' injuries to the national health system, without reference to the much greater cost of treating those injured in cars, a blind spot also found in the US. In March, 2003, the Canadian Institute for Health Information announced that hospitalizations due to cycling-related injuries were down 12.5 per cent between 1997-98 and 2001-02.
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia enacted all-age bicycle helmet legislation in 1997. Toronto University Professor of Epidemiology Dr Mary Chipman published a research paper (PDF 44k) in March 2002 through the Canadian Medical Association Journal: "The data from Australia and now Nova Scotia suggest that legislation increases helmet use but also reduces the numbers of cyclists."


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Further research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests a 62% reduction in cyclist numbers in Halifax the year after helmet law enactment, with more cyclist injuries recorded than before the law and a nominal reduction in head injuries (8 less head injuries in 1999).


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The failure of the helmet law in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario were also exposed in July 2003 by researcher Dorothy Robinson in a paper peer reviewed by pediatrics.com.


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Despite these failures, Ontario is in 2004 considering legislation for the mandatory wearing of helmets by cyclists of all ages. Read the viewpoint of the Hammer or the opinion of Connie Woodcock from the Toronto

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What age can I stop wearing a helmet when I bike? (Toronto)?

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What is the minimum age in Toronto (Canada, Ontario), that I can ride my bicycle without wearing a helmet?

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Depends on how old you are when you grow an adamantium layer of skin over your scalp...

You can legally ride without a helmet at 18, but it is *always* stupid to do so. Wearing a helmet, and wearing it properly, makes cycling immensely safer. In Toronto in particular, it's not that safe of a thing to do, but if you fall and hit your head, a helmet is the difference between having to spend $30 to replace your helmet, and having urban foxes make a meal of your brain matter.

It happens. All the freaking time. That's why whenever you see a cycling club ride past you, you can safely bet that they'll *all* be wearing helmets. Smart adults wear helmets even though they don't have to. And these days helmets can be pretty stylish, and there are always ways of dealing with helmet-head. So just get used to it, because if there's anything worth protecting in your head, you will *always* wear a helmet when you cycle.

do i realy need to wear a helmet on my bicycle?

Jeff H

im 17 and in ontario.there just so gay i dont want to wear the stupid thing
but do the cops realy care? ps i have an engine straped to my bike and i cruise around 40kph so that may factor in somehow?

Answer
You don't care enough to protect yourself or your family so don't bother. There are two types of riders those who have crashed and those that will.

If you go to Las Vegas always bet on the 3000+lb car over the 170lb helmet-less bike rider.

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