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From: the-vehicular-cyclist
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:19
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:19
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If you mean in BC, the answer depends on future political action. I have noticed in many jusrisdictions like BC, the opposition to helmet laws has not been organized, whereas the helmet lobby like SafeKids has been. The exceptions have been Ontario (OCBC-led opposition), Quebec (VeloQuebec) and Spain (a Spanish organization called Amicis de bicicletes). Only Velo Quebec has managed to totally thwart a helmet law proposal (twice). OCBC played a key part in exemption of adults from Ontario's law, and the organization in Spain got a number of exemptions for cyclists in Spain's law. I am trying to encourage likeminded individuals in the UK to launch a national campaign as helmet legislation threatens there at the moment and a strong helmet lobby is at work. It is easy and inexpensive to organize a campaign using the internet. I think ours in 1993 was the first political campaign of any kind run over the internet. The use of it is well suited to overcoming Canada's geographic communication challenges. Furthermore, since our first campaign, there has been significant compilation of scientific facts on our side. Also we have a global assembly of experts to assist in countering the exaggerations and disinformation diseminated by helmet lobbyists. We had few of these experts available to us in the 1990's. Given that where no helmet law exist over half of cyclists choose to ride bareheaded, and that a large part of Canada's poulation are philosophically opposed to more government meddling in our lives, it indicates a strong political but silent base of opposition to forced helmet use. If anyone wants help in launching a campaign they should contact me via The Vehicular Cyclist website at http://magma.ca/~ocbc
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