Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (MHL discussion)
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby jules21 » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:28 pm
i have further to add on helmets
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby wilddemon » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:31 pm
maybe you should get that bump checked out.il padrone wrote:human909 was not describing base-jumpers or the sport as 'insane'. You were the one who did that
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby il padrone » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:32 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby il padrone » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:34 pm
My head is just fine. Knocked out for 2 minutes and despite 4 hrs of observation I had no symptoms of concern.wilddemon wrote:maybe you should get that bump checked out.il padrone wrote:human909 was not describing base-jumpers or the sport as 'insane'. You were the one who did that
Heal thyself, physician!
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby twizzle » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:36 pm
Yet research suggests that (long term), it's a significant injury.il padrone wrote:My head is just fine. Knocked out for 2 minutes and despite 4 hrs of observation I had no symptoms of concern.wilddemon wrote:maybe you should get that bump checked out.il padrone wrote:human909 was not describing base-jumpers or the sport as 'insane'. You were the one who did that
Heal thyself, physician!
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby human909 » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:18 pm
No. An please don't read into my comments more than they say.wilddemon wrote:human909, do you listen to 2UE?
I described base jumping as reckless. That is a personal opinion of mine and my attitude to risk. I recognise that other people are different, they have different desires and different appetites for risk.
As far as I am concerned base jumping is too much risk for ME to participate in. However as I said everyone appetite for risk differers, most males, particularly young males, hunger for risk. Personally I avoid most risks that I don't feel I can control. Hence skiing and mountain biking I am conservative in whereas in rock climbing I take significant calculated risks.
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby il padrone » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:30 pm
That was not a comment on my medical care nor recovery, but about wilddemon's inability to understand what he had posted (and his facetious implications about my 'bump'). Seems he has the "significant injury" ??twizzle wrote:Yet research suggests that (long term), it's a significant injury.il padrone wrote: Heal thyself, physician!
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby wilddemon » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:31 pm
All "tongue in cheek" aside, I'm glad you are still here and I wish you a speedy recovery. Firstly and foremost, we are fellow human beings as well as cyclists so that puts us on the same ship, albeit on different decks (I'll take first class thanks).il padrone wrote:Broken collar-bone confirmed. Overlapping and fore-shortened 3 cms. I now have to get an appointment with the orthapedic surgeon.
Also, I'm glad that you were wearing a helmet. Many people don't have your "common sense". By the way, do you have private health insurance? Cycling insurance?
human909, don't worry, I expect your posts to be opinion. Significant calculated risks? So you free solo?
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby human909 » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:51 pm
I have never seen ANYBODY not wearing a helmet while mountain biking. In fact many mountain bikers go far and beyond mediocre bits of foam as protection. Many use full face helmets and body armour. Your assertion that many people don't have "common sense" [to wear a helmet] does not seem to be supported when it comes to mountain biking.wilddemon wrote:Also, I'm glad that you were wearing a helmet. Many people don't have your "common sense".
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby wilddemon » Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:59 pm
Does not seem to be supported by what? Your opinion? I have seen mountain bikers not wearing helmets. I have lent a friend a helmet because I couldn't stand to watch him ride single trail without one. He's still got it. I hope he uses it.human909 wrote:
I have never seen ANYBODY not wearing a helmet while mountain biking. In fact many mountain bikers go far and beyond mediocre bits of foam as protection. Many use full face helmets and body armour. Your assertion that many people don't have "common sense" [to wear a helmet] does not seem to be supported when it comes to mountain biking.
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:34 pm
I'd call these people pigs but that's unfair to most pigs.
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby il padrone » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:44 pm
Some people just have trouble with their spolung
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby Kenzo » Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:44 pm
Thanks Ross, interesting link at the end of that article too: http://grist.org/article/2010-10-11-the ... -cyclists/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; regarding more cyclists equates to better safety.. and links to a 2003 academic paper on the topic.Ross wrote:One for the anti-MHL people - http://grist.org/cities/bike-sharing-go ... t-problem/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby outnabike » Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:21 pm
Houser says she’s happy to comply with the helmet law: “Everybody involved feels like it’s an important law that we don’t want to see go away.”
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby il padrone » Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:40 pm
What they were saying in Melbourne when the bikeshare concept was first launched here. How misguided they were (or hamstrung by Vicroads and the road rules)outnabike wrote:Houser says she’s happy to comply with the helmet law: “Everybody involved feels like it’s an important law that we don’t want to see go away.”
We have 0.6 hires per bike per day. International bikeshare hire rates (with no helmet rule) are about 6 per bike per day.
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby wizdofaus » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:19 am
Anyway, 'nuff said.
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby bychosis » Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:53 pm
How do you wear a helmet with a turban? Does a turban provide any form of protection?
He rattled out the old "no statistics proving the benefit of helmets" argument, case adjourned to allow him to seek legal counsel.
EDIT: Can't find a link, was on nine news this arvo
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby il padrone » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:12 pm
http://fateh.sikhnet.com/s/WhyTurbans" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
In some states an exemption can be granted. Rani is apparently having trouble in NSW.The Guru has given his Sikh specific instructions to keep his or her natural form as created by God. Thus, all hair is maintained, uncut, and untrimmed. The Guru has given his Sikh a standard of dress which distinguishes him or her as a human being dedicated to a life of truthful living. The Guru has instructed his Sikhs to maintain high moral character, symbolized by the wearing of the steel bracelet, ("kara") and to stand prepared to defend righteousness, wearing the "kirpan" or sword.
She’d love to be able to ride here as freely as she did in Holland. But she has the problem of her Dumalla. That’s her Sikh turban.
Sikhs never cut their hair, rather they wind it round in clothe under the Dumalla.
This makes it impossible for Rani to wear a helmet. So every day she has to run the gauntlet of cops who’d like to ticket her for breaking our laws.
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby Xplora » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:50 am
I'd have to say that if the whims of religion can't be accommodated by the law then the religious either have to accept exclusion, or the law must change. Facial identification and burquas are a similar situation where the needs of the religious don't outrank the needs of the State without consideration inconvenience for the Muslim lady.
Ultimately, the fact remains... if the helmet doesn't automatically stop injury and danger, and a guy in a turban doesn't have to wear it, then why should anyone else? Sikhs don't have stronger bones or tougher skin than everyone else
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby human909 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:28 am
I only this was the case!Xplora wrote:If he gets the turban defence through, that pretty much spells the end of MHL in Australia IMO.
Special treatment for minorities and the magic of helmets is too ingrained in our society.
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby wizdofaus » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:56 am
Alternatively, Sikhs could campaign to have their turbans classified as helmets meeting the necessary approved standardsXplora wrote:If he gets the turban defence through, that pretty much spells the end of MHL in Australia IMO. The lady in Scone defended against it successfully, I'm sorry but "God will look after me" is an unacceptable legal position from the perspective of the State (and I'm a Christian, I understand the motivation!)...
I'd have to say that if the whims of religion can't be accommodated by the law then the religious either have to accept exclusion, or the law must change. Facial identification and burquas are a similar situation where the needs of the religious don't outrank the needs of the State without consideration inconvenience for the Muslim lady.
Ultimately, the fact remains... if the helmet doesn't automatically stop injury and danger, and a guy in a turban doesn't have to wear it, then why should anyone else? Sikhs don't have stronger bones or tougher skin than everyone else
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby high_tea » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:33 pm
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Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (Was One & ONLY Helmet Thr
Postby il padrone » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:40 pm
Monty Panesar is a sikh.AKO wrote:Plenty of Sikh cricketers manage to wear a helmet while batting and fielding at stupid point, bat pad and other such positions.
With their belief in never cutting their hair, I'd guess Monty is either very young or he has extremely slow-growing hair
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