Got to agree with Michael on this. I was stopped at a traffic signal when a car went around the bus behind me and turned right on red clipping the front wheel of my bike in the process. I fell on my shoulder and head from a dead stop, my collar bone broke and my helmet split from front to back. If not for the helmet I probably would not be able to tell you that my only reminder of the incident is a bump on my collar bone and a broken helmet I just cannot throw away.
If you ride a bike wear a helmet. >> In my mind hopefully the need for helmets isn't necessary if you are >> traffic and you are going 10 miles or less an hour. > > I don't agree with Ms. Kahn on very many issues, but speaking as > a person who's life has been saved by a helmet, I would like to > encourage others to wear them. Imagine going head first into > a curb at 10 miles an hour, or as happened to a friend of mine, > having your front wheel lock between the slats in a street > gutter grill and being thrown vertically head first onto the street. > I wouldn't what to make helmets mandatory, but I don't think it's wise to > downplay the risks of riding bicycles. > > Michael Atherton > Prospect Park > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > -- DeWayne Townsend 3222 39th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55406 612-724-7010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
