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| View Poll Results: Should pushbike helmets be compulsary | |||
| Yes. Safety is paramount over any other concern |
   
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51 | 38.93% |
| Yes on roads with speed limit over 60km/h but otherwise no |
  
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4 | 3.05% |
| Yes for children but adults can make their own decisions |
  
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30 | 22.90% |
| Yes on roads but no everywhere else (footpaths/bike tracks etc) |
  
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3 | 2.29% |
| No, there is too much nannyism in Australia |
  
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28 | 21.37% |
| Pushbikes should be banned from roads outright |
  
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15 | 11.45% |
| Voters: 131. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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20-09-2010, 08:17 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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If my poll had no point then everyone would vote for one of the options. At the moment it is quite spread out with the majority AGAINST mandatory helmets for adults. In addition helmets have been cited as a problem in several overseas situations as well as by our own Brisbane City Council "rent a bike" plan. As far as the "life style changes", what has triggered that? How do we fix it? It is a fact that pushbike riding in my local area just turned off like a light switch when helmets came in so I suspect there may be some connection. If helmets were no longer mandatory would the same people ride and just drop their helmets? Surely all of the cyclists on here who are adamant the helmets save lives would still wear them. And if the rest of us just don't want to ride then it will make no difference will it? Or could possibly a few more people suddenly pull out their old pushy and occasionally ride to the shop or the park with their kids or along a bike track maybe getting a bit fitter? How can this be a bad thing....... Just to add a slight spin. If GovCo decided that in the name of safety when traveling in a car that did not have airbags and ABS (e.g classic falcons) helmets must be worn I wonder what the threads would be like......... Last edited by flappist; 20-09-2010 at 08:23 AM. |
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