Is it mandatory to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle? In short, yes. Australia was one of the first countries to make wearing bicycle helmets mandatory. Between 1990 and 1992, the States and Territories introduced various laws mandating that cyclists wear bicycle helmets while riding. The Legislation Although each of the eight State and […]
Continue readingCarmen Greenaway, a New Zealander living in London was riding home after her mother’s birthday party. She wasn’t wearing a helmet. Her mother, riding 100 metres behind, saw her daughter hit an uneven part of the road, catapulting her out of the saddle, her head hit the ground hard, cracking her skull. She was holding […]
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