I really don't support compulsory anything. However the big problem I see it is that in the end the "its my choice" brigade is that ultimately it is their attitude thats leads to the compulsory introduction of almost everything.
Im not sure what you mean by those comments, but please remember this IS still a free country and we all do have choices. (some ! )
My 'attitude' is that I take responsibility for myself and my health and if I have an accident for example, I accept that its just that and wouldnt try to claim against anyone if it truly was an accident, so, if I choose not to wear a helmet whilst out cycling that is my business and I fail to see how that personal decision should make you think that I, and others who think the same, would be responsible for any introduction of a compulsory helmet wearing law ?
As far as I am concerned its not 'an attitude' that I have, so much as 'a personal decision'........surely we are all still entitled to that.......
I also think it will NEVER happen, we are still talking about man powered cycling here, which is just a step up from walking , not motor driven vehicles, ( and no...our little motors hardly count do they in the scheme of things ! ) and as such I think it would be seen as far too much intervention, opening the door to restrictions and laws on how we walk next, which is plainly ridiculous, and certainly as others have said , would decimate cycling numbers just at a time when cycling is on the up and being encouraged for health reasons............
Right......its dry.....Im off out on my bike to Chard......hair flying free in the breeze
Lynda