To wonder why wearing a cycle helmet isn't made law?

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I struggle to make my kids wear a cycle helmet as they perceive it to be very uncool ( and don't listen to me suggesting it may be more uncool to be dead or brain damaged .)

I lived in New Zealand for a while where it is law to wear one which seems to take away the "option" for school kids esp - everyone wears one - there is no debate.

Driving through town today I passed a lady on a push bike wearing a sam brown and loads of reflectors on her backpack but no helmet - so its our responsibility to see her rather than for her to protect herself.

AIBU to wonder what the reason is for it not being law to wear a helmet on a bicycle as it is on a motorcycle in this country? Even if not just for kids?

They could be seen as the cyclists revenge Hmm, distracting motorists who can't help but stare at the tightness of them before being transfixed by how big their leg muscles are and then ploughing into those pesky pedestrians who we all know are the real menaces of the public highways

I wear a helmet and I hate it. I feel like a knob and freely admit this is purely down the vanity. I ride on the road.

Those of you that don't wear a helmet but insist your kids do - don't kid yourselves that they won't remove it the second they are out of your sight. They might not do it now, but a 13 year old probably will.

i hate wearing a helmet - but I am made to by dd who is 13 and refuses to cycle with me if I don't wear a helmet

exactly right buremi