> > Vancouver, BC has a mandatory helmet law for adults and is apparently > struggling with implementing a bike share system because of it.
More accurately, *BC* has a (province-wide) mandatory helmet law, which of course applies to Vancouver. There is a move afoot for the city to apply for a temporary exemption so that the program can have a hope of success. Ironically, the single-payer health care system here works against the movement towards repeal, because people think that they will end up paying for other people's head injuries but don't grasp that the public health benefits of getting people on bikes offer, according to some analyses, larger savings than those increased costs. The city is going ahead with plans to deploy 1500 units, all in the downtown core. -- Scott M. Rose West Point Grey, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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