There is a lot of criticism from cyclists of other road users. There are a few idiots on the road but the majority give good space. We as cyclists also need to take some responsibility. I see so many cyclists on commutes taking unnecessary risks. Simple things like sitting in the middle of the road at lights so people don’t cut you up, pulling out when turning in good time, not cutting inside of large vehicles and not jumping red lights are just a few things that can help. Following the rules of the road and using common sense.

Maybe there should be compulsory tests like there are for all other vehicles on the road?

Children have been strangled by their helmet straps, but there is no proven case of a helmet saving a child’s life, so you want to impose something that has killed children but can’t be shown to have saved any.

Mass cycle helmet wearing is not associated with reduced risk to cyclists. This is long term, large population, reliable data which is much more reliable than that used by helmet zealots.

You might like to read a little about the subject cyclehelmets.org

The stats seems to support that helmets will give protection up to 12 miles an hour; I would have thought most city and urban cyclists who use bikes to commute, as opposed to hobbyists are below this speed level and therefore would have some benefit from wearing on.

Helmets should be mandatory for small children riding in back seats on bikes, if the bike tips their head is going to be the first point of contact.

All off road cyclists should wear helmets; no cars to blame and plenty of trees to headbutt.

Those who say ‘if they make helmets compulsory I will never ride again’ are drama queens who are cutting off their nose to spite their face.

If you don’t want to wear one; fine – it’s your skull.