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Here are some interesting observations from the
Department for Transport website:
Cycling Helmets - how wearing the correct headgear can help save
lives.
Wearing Cycle
helmets can reduce the severity of head injuries. Research by the
Transport Research Laboratory in 1994 provided international evidence of
this recently.
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A report by the British Medical Association (Cycle
Helmets, June 1999) strongly recommended them and urged government, health
and cycling organisations to promote them.
The wearing rate in Great Britain is about 18%. At this
level making helmets compulsory would cause enforcement difficulties and
without greater public acceptance could have an effect on levels of cycling.
We will monitor wearing rates and review the option of compulsory wearing
from time to time but strive to advance through persuasion.
"We recommend cycle helmets in the Highway Code, the
Highway Code for Young Road Users and the National Cycling Forum's leaflet,
Safety Framework for Cycling. Together with the Department of Health, we are
supporting the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust pilot project and promoting
helmets to children in our own publicity campaigns (see Chapter 2, Safer for
children). Helmets designed and marketed for children are zero-rated for
VAT. Find out more
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Our service is NATIONWIDE and our experts are helping people every
day in locations such as Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham,
Nottingham, London, Bristol, Cardiff and many many other UK towns and
cities.
More road accident solicitor site links:
car accident claims -
what to do after an accident -
no win no
fee claims - types
of claim
- vehicle
damage claims - bus
passenger compensation claims - hit
and run accidents - legal
fees who pays? -
whiplash injury claim -
pedestrian accident advice -
uninsured driver claim
Useful external web links:
cycle training UK -
lifecycle org -
cycling for all -
audax uk -
bike magic -Department for Transport
-
Direct.gov.uk - Highway
Code - Biking Helmet Initiative Trust
- WHO helmet initiative
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