3inaBednar Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Borrowed a mates bike for a couple of weeks and fancy going for a cycle later today but I don't have a cycle helmet. Is it Law you have to wear one or just a recommendation? diny want to get done when i'm out o the road. Had a look on govt highway code website but it is ambiguous as to whether it's the law or just a recommendation to wear one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Dance Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debtor Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 There is no legal requirement. Often if you use a bike for business, as postmen do, they insist on wearing helmets. However this is usually inspired by insurance companies which will not pay out otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hate_hibs Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 You dont have to wear one dude.. They just recomend that you do.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Magnus Magnusson on a bike. Gl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Are you a fan of helmets, 3inabednar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3inaBednar Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 cheers for the advice guys, nae helmet it is then, sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phage Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 First rule of anything.... wear appropriate safety gear. I never go anywhere without my helmet on its just basic common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Stinkfinger Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 You wanna be protecting your napper with one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Chat Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I never go anywhere without my helmet Me neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Not the law, but highly recommended. Once I was in a cycle lane going up the inside of queueing traffic at traffic lights. Daft bint opens taxi door. I slam on the brakes and await the impact. The momentum carried me forward and my head smashed right into the corner of the taxi door, splitting the plastic on the front of my cycle helmet. I always looked at helmets differently after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 cheers for the advice guys, nae helmet it is then, sorted. Dinnae be daft, they can easily save your life. They might indeed have saved mine, twice, once when on the front at Granton when I went over oil and another time outside the Conan Doyle when I tried to go onto the pavement at too narrow an angle and went arse over tit. Like bear attacks, once would be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Not the law, but highly recommended. Once I was in a cycle lane going up the inside of queueing traffic at traffic lights. Daft bint opens taxi door. I slam on the brakes and await the impact. The momentum carried me forward and my head smashed right into the corner of the taxi door, splitting the plastic on the front of my cycle helmet. I always looked at helmets differently after that. Shows how good cycle helmets are! Dinnae be daft, they can easily save your life. They might indeed have saved mine, twice, once when on the front at Granton when I went over oil and another time outside the Conan Doyle when I tried to go onto the pavement at too narrow an angle and went arse over tit. Like bear attacks, once would be enough. Thats illegal, obey the laws of the road like everyone else has to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deek Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Thats illegal, obey the laws of the road like everyone else has to. I quite often go through a red light on my bike, as all good cyclists should do. Unless a car is coming towards you of course. As for the helmet sometimes I do sometimes I dont. Depends on the weather. If warm and sunny the helmet gets put in the rucksack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Shows how good cycle helmets are! Thats illegal, obey the laws of the road like everyone else has to. Aye, I know, it was to get off the bike, not to ride it more than a yard on the pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Aye, I know, it was to get off the bike, not to ride it more than a yard on the pavement. Ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyeyespy Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 u wanna wear one, saves u drinking ur food through a straw....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Fell off my bike the other week. (Was going down two very small steps when I got a puncture). When over the handlebars, and the bike landed on top of me. Burst my chin open, chipped half a dozen teeth. Wasn't wearing a helmet. May do so in the future. :hat2: Wearing a helmet's not going to protect your chin or teeth though ? Although the BMA recommend compulsory wearing of helmets, evidence is shaky on the amount of good this actually does and there is an argument that not wearing a helmet increases awareness; hence safety. Best advice I could offer is wear something to get yourself noticed on a bike...most serious accidents of which I'm aware, involve motorists simply not seeing the cyclist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunks Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 u wanna wear one, saves u drinking ur food through a straw....... The nail has been hit firmly on it's head. If only it had been wearing a helmet .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Shows how good cycle helmets are! They're designed to do that, ya muppet. It took the impact and the damage, rather than my skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 We may live in a Nanny State but the advice to wear a crash helmet when on your Bike is sound. If you are good on a bike you can get up to 30, 40 even 50mph (the latter if you are really good). If you fall off at that speed a crack your head off something then I'd say there's a very good chance you are going straight to Intensive Care or worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibble Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I was pro-helmet until this thread came up and I thought I'd look up some research. Seems like the main reason for not making them law in the UK is that in Australia the stats show that compulsory helmets haven't changed anything much and any benefit is minimal or debatable. http://www.cycle-helmets.com/helmet_damage.html If you are doing any extreme sports type cycling or BMX on a track or on a skate park I'd strongly recommend one. Certainly would want to be wearing one if I did have a big head-first drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I was pro-helmet until this thread came up and I thought I'd look up some research. Seems like the main reason for not making them law in the UK is that in Australia the stats show that compulsory helmets haven't changed anything much and any benefit is minimal or debatable. http://www.cycle-helmets.com/helmet_damage.html If you are doing any extreme sports type cycling or BMX on a track or on a skate park I'd strongly recommend one. Certainly would want to be wearing one if I did have a big head-first drop. I wouldn't make it law either. If you are just dawdling about then there probably isn't any more risk than walking or running about. You have to draw the line somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Chimp Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 There's a similar argument in winter sports. The speeds you can reach should really point to wearing one all the time, but I tend to pick and choose days, especially if the weather is good. BUT if Freeriding then if you're doing a tree run or hitting the park, essential wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Not sure if not wearing a helmet increases awareness, although they are uncomfortable, which may impair reactions etc. A decent one, properly fitted, is unnoticeable when on. Almost to the extent of forgetting that I've not taken the bugger off and sitting like a simpleton with the hat still on. It's not going to save you if you're hit by a truck or come off at full pelt head first into a lamp post. Likewise, the majority of us aren't going to fall off a bike and hit our heads at all. However, there's that small chance of an inbetweeny where you might just take a tumble and knock the side of your head on a stone or something and the damage from that is easily mitigated at little cost by wearing your hat. I can think of no reason why someone who cycles regularly would not put on a lid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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