No comment - just a report from the Burnaby Now newspaper

[Jack Rabbit Mister]

Cyclist injured in crash
Mia Thomas, staff reporter
If she'd been wearing a helmet, she'd be buying a new one.
Instead, a 53-year-old Burnaby is recovering in Royal Columbian Hospital
after crashing her bicycle at high speed and splitting her skull open.

Police say the woman is lucky to be alive after the July 14 afternoon
accident.
The woman was on the sidewalk, heading north down Royal Oak Avenue towards
Deer Lake Parkway at about 3:30 p.m. when her front wheel started to wobble.

Witnesses later told police that the woman was thrown over the bike's
handlebars and smashed her head on the pavement.
She wasn't wearing a bicycle safety helmet at the time.
Bystanders stopped to help until an ambulance arrived and she was initially
placed on life support in the hospital, although her condition stabilized
shortly afterwards.

Since the accident, her condition has improved but she is still healing.
Tempting though it might be to feel the wind in your hair in the summer
heat, police remind all cyclists that they have to wear protective head gear
when on public roads in British Columbia.

However, on or off road, it can make a difference in protecting the brain.
Although this accident wasn't influenced by the fact the woman was cycling
on the sidewalk, that is also against the law.

The provincial Motor Vehicle Act says that cyclists have to be on the travel
portion of the road, with the flow of traffic.

[j***@hotmail.com]

So what about all the dead BC cyclists that were wearing helmets?
Go check the BC Insurance Corp reports.

Then there are the head injured pedestrians and car occupants that
weren't wearing helmets. Never any sensational reports about them.

... and riding on the sidewalk played no role? Perhaps the message
should be "acquire good riding skills" then you won't get into trouble
in the first place.

Post by Jack Rabbit Mister
Cyclist injured in crash
Mia Thomas, staff reporter
If she'd been wearing a helmet, she'd be buying a new one.
Instead, a 53-year-old Burnaby is recovering in Royal Columbian Hospital
after crashing her bicycle at high speed and splitting her skull open.
Police say the woman is lucky to be alive after the July 14 afternoon
accident.
The woman was on the sidewalk, heading north down Royal Oak Avenue towards
Deer Lake Parkway at about 3:30 p.m. when her front wheel started to wobble.
Witnesses later told police that the woman was thrown over the bike's
handlebars and smashed her head on the pavement.
She wasn't wearing a bicycle safety helmet at the time.
Bystanders stopped to help until an ambulance arrived and she was initially
placed on life support in the hospital, although her condition stabilized
shortly afterwards.
Since the accident, her condition has improved but she is still healing.
Tempting though it might be to feel the wind in your hair in the summer
heat, police remind all cyclists that they have to wear protective head gear
when on public roads in British Columbia.
However, on or off road, it can make a difference in protecting the brain.
Although this accident wasn't influenced by the fact the woman was cycling
on the sidewalk, that is also against the law.
The provincial Motor Vehicle Act says that cyclists have to be on the travel
portion of the road, with the flow of traffic.

[DiscoDuck]

I don't doubt SOME people would be saved from injuries by wearing a
helmet. I really don't. WHAT I DOUBT is a law that mandates helmet
use for cycling (an not walking nor car use). If we all wore helmets
while SLEEPING some injuries would be averted.

Why can't proponants of the law "GET THIS." That is, leave people the
fuck alone. They don't care about lives or injuries. All theycare
about is imposing thier will on others.

It's that simple, they don't care. I hope they get a head injury while
driving or walking.

Post by Jack Rabbit Mister
Cyclist injured in crash
Mia Thomas, staff reporter
If she'd been wearing a helmet, she'd be buying a new one.
Instead, a 53-year-old Burnaby is recovering in Royal Columbian Hospital
after crashing her bicycle at high speed and splitting her skull open.
Police say the woman is lucky to be alive after the July 14 afternoon
accident.
The woman was on the sidewalk, heading north down Royal Oak Avenue towards
Deer Lake Parkway at about 3:30 p.m. when her front wheel started to wobble.
Witnesses later told police that the woman was thrown over the bike's
handlebars and smashed her head on the pavement.
She wasn't wearing a bicycle safety helmet at the time.
Bystanders stopped to help until an ambulance arrived and she was initially
placed on life support in the hospital, although her condition stabilized
shortly afterwards.
Since the accident, her condition has improved but she is still healing.
Tempting though it might be to feel the wind in your hair in the summer
heat, police remind all cyclists that they have to wear protective head gear
when on public roads in British Columbia.
However, on or off road, it can make a difference in protecting the brain.
Although this accident wasn't influenced by the fact the woman was cycling
on the sidewalk, that is also against the law.
The provincial Motor Vehicle Act says that cyclists have to be on the travel
portion of the road, with the flow of traffic.