FLCC> helmets required for Bike to Work Day rides?

[Wayne Gottlieb]

I feel funny without a helmet on.  That must count for
something.  I remember one time just before a Tuesday
night race a guy was ready to race with us, but was
new and didn't have a helmet.  We sent him home
without so much as a discussion.  Wayne


--- Peter Ozolins <peter at peterozolins.com> wrote:

> Oh, come on. Helmets don't save your life, they just
> make it more likely 
> that you'll survive a crash. The truth is, plenty of
> people get killed 
> with helmets on and plenty of people are fine
> without them. The fact 
> that helmets are a simple little device that *could*
> save your life is 
> why we wear them whenever we can to increase our
> odds, not because 
> they're some magic wand and you'll evaporate if you
> go outside without 
> them. You may as well not get out of bed in the
> morning.
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Schrempf wrote:
> > I'm only an interloper here.  However, as one who
> exists only because my 
> > bike helmet saved my life - I will not ride with
> anyone or in any group 
> > with an individual who is helmetless!  Sorry - I
> try to be tolerant of many 
> > viewpoints and ways of life - - but this ain't one
> of them!
> >
> > Peter Schrempf
> >
> > At 03:49 PM 5/8/2008, Vivian Hoffmann wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I just got an email from a reporter at the Ithaca
> Journal about Bike to
> >> Work Day. One of his questions was whether
> participants are required to
> >> wear helmets. I don't see anything about this on
> the web page. Do we have
> >> a rule about helmets? Might be a good idea make
> one and put it on the
> >> website and fliers.
> >>
> >> Vivian
> >>
> >>
> >> Vivian Hoffmann
> >> Applied Economics and Management
> >> Cornell University
> >> 1.607.316.7291
> >> http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/veh4/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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