Hi, Eric

Thanks for giving us this opportunity to pitch in on the content of your helmet
dossier.



Here is my first batch. Please ask me explain if the suggestions below are fuzzy
:

~~ Instead of 

"As a result in a number of places in North America, Australia/New Zealand and
northern Europe well-meant laws were passed mandating helmets for all cyclists."

use e.g. 
"As a result in a number of places in North America, Australia/New Zealand
well-meant laws were passed mandating helmets for all cyclists. A few countries
in Europe and other countries passed laws for some groups or settings, but were
ofen unenforced."

~~ Instead of :
"It only took a few years for other views to emerge."
perhaps say
"It only took a few years for substantiated contrarian  views to emerge."

~~ 3. Some useful reading and references:*  

The Bicycle Helmet Research Foundation is a prime resource, which should be
included :
**   www.cyclehelmets.org 
**  In my view the overview of evidence is especially important :
http://cyclehelmets.org/1052.html

Also the Wikipedia article is very extensive with lots of References, and being
so actively edited, it is of relatively high quality. Also if anyone has
susbtantiated and referenced arguments either way, they are more than welcome to
add them.
** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet


~~ Sites/material critical of cycle helmets -> Sites arguing against uncritical
promotion / compulsion
** Kids on the move ( EU Booklet, DG Environment 2002 )
http://tinyurl.com/kidsonthemove
( Points to
http://www.eukn.org/eukn/themes/Urban_Policy/Transport_and_infrastructure/Roads_\
and_road_transport/Road_safety/Kids-on-the-move_1000.html )


New list :
~~ Organisations against uncritical promotion / compulsion
** European Cyclists' Federation ( and 90% of its members' org. )
** Norwegian Transport Research Institute ( Implicitly through its forthcoming
edition of Handbook of Road Safety Measures )


~~ Spelling  /language :
actually work to reduced cycling  >  actually work to reduce cycling


++ Curious abou this one
( Not that I suggest it be changed, just curious as to the rationale :) "You
will see some [with helmets] and this is, in my view, a wise but entirely
personal choice."


Regarding the replies that you received earlier, and are included at the end of
your dossier, I am a bit unsure. They were not meant for publishing in such a
and some refer to points from you that have later been changed, to documents
that the reader will not have easy access to etc. Some of them are a bit
confusing to read.

However some of the messages, for instanec the one from Dave Holladay, will talk
straight to the authorities thaht will be reviewing your dossier, and show them
the practical problems in providing helmets. There are also points about how
helmets that are provided almost inevitably will provide substantially less
safety than owned ones. Lent or rented helmets will be symbolic rather than
have a practical purpose to an even greater extent than helmets chosen, fitted,
cared for, exclusively owned and used by the user of the rented bike.



Best Regards,
Morten Lange

--- On Thu, 9/7/09, Morten Lange <morten7an@...> wrote:

From: Morten Lange <morten7an@...>
Subject: Fw: [WorldCityBike] Helmets again
To: cyclehelmets@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 1:34 AM



--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Eric Britton <eric.britton@...> wrote:

From: Eric Britton <eric.britton@...>
Subject: [WorldCityBike] Helmets again
To: WorldCityBike@yahoogroups.com, LotsLessCars@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009, 9:58 AM
































Dear
2 wheeled friends,

 

You
will learn little or nothing from this I am sure, but if you are for moment
stone
bored while waiting for your bag to appear on an endless  conveyor belt in
an airport, and have your iPhone on line, you might wish  to pass those empty
minutes  with this two minute podcast of your friend britton carrying on about
helmets and city bikes for a Melbourne program “Along for the Ride :
on. - http://www.mediafir e.com/file/ emti5ztyzm1
  

 

You
may recall that we went into this at some detail together last year with a
number
of informed international colleagues. The reference is www.ecoplan. org/library/
helmets.pdf
 I intend to update and turn this into a piece for World Streets shortly. So
if you have comments you might wish to add, now is a great time to have them.

 

Kind
regards,

 

Eric
Britton

 

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