FLCC> helmets required for Bike to Work Day rides?

[William Lodico]

Some years ago here in Elmira we had a rider show up several times  
for our Tuesday and Thursday rides without a helmet.  He refused  
offers to lend him one for the ride.

No one wanted to be the policeman and tell him we didn't want him  
riding with us.  Eventually someone got the bright idea of telling  
him that if he crashed and smeared his brains on the pavement, we  
weren't stopping for him; why should we undertake that potentially  
nauseating chore, when he when he wasn't willing to take the little  
bit of the trouble to don a helmet?

He never did get the helmet, but he did stop showing up for rides.   
Too bad.

Bill L

On May 8, 2008, at 9:03 PM, 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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