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Is Cycling Without a helmet Illegal

  • 07-07-2009 10:16am
    #1
    bongotime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭


    Just Wondering is Cycling without a Helmet Illegal ?

    cause i see everyone do it.

    your thoughts. I think everyone should cycle.

    just like in copenhagen.


Comments

  • #2
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    It isn't illegal.


  • #3
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    bongotime wrote: »
    Your thoughts. I think everyone should cycle. Just like in copenhagen.

    Mmmm, Copenhagen.


  • #4
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


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    popcorn.jpg


  • #5
    nitrogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭nitrogen


    Only in nanny states.


  • #6
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    nitrogen wrote: »
    Only in nanny states.

    Mmm, nannies.


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  • #7
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Lumen wrote: »
    Mmmm, Copenhagen.
    Lumen wrote: »
    Mmm, nannies.

    I think you're some kind of deviated prevert.


  • #8
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    el tonto wrote: »
    I think you're some kind of deviated prevert man.
    :rolleyes:


  • #9
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    el tonto wrote: »
    I think you're some kind of deviated prevert.
    prevert; (noun) a person who used to practise sexual perversion


  • #10
    bongotime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭bongotime


    boys were talkin bikes here.

    someone told me thet it was illegal not to wearing a helmet while cycling


  • #11
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    Then you'd better go and correct them.


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  • #12
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    bongotime wrote: »
    boys were talkin bikes here.

    someone told me thet it was illegal not to wearing a helmet while cycling

    He was probably trying to sell you one.:D

    As common sense would dictate, Just because its legal not to wear one here, it doesnt mean that the topography of the Irish city landscape is made of fluffy pillows and marshmallows, which cushion and impact..

    You should wear a helmet regardless of the legality


  • #13
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    bongotime wrote: »
    boys were talkin bikes here.

    someone told me thet it was illegal not to wearing a helmet while cycling
    There's a subset of the population who see something being done, make up some criteria which apply to it and then tell you that it's fact. People see a number of cyclists wearing helmets, assume they're required to (because you'd have to be forced to wear a helmet, right?) and go around telling everyone that it's the law.

    As another example, I've heard it said a number of times both on boards and in real life that, "Cyclists don't have to obey traffic lights."


  • #14
    bongotime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭bongotime


    ha ha


  • #15
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    Or that you must wear hi viz, cos they saw some builder cycling to work wearing his vest and decided that it was compulsory.


  • #16
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    kona wrote: »
    Just because its legal not to wear one here, it doesnt mean that the topography of the Irish city landscape is made of fluffy pillows and marshmallows

    Mmmm, marshmallow pillows.


  • #17
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    Or that you have the mechanical aptitude to asemble a bike correctley.

    Everybody is a cycling expert, highley qualified, due to them repairing a puncture on a raleigh racer, that was last ridden in summer of 1990 on a trip to the pub to follow Jackies Army.


  • #18
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    Lumen wrote: »
    Mmmm, marshmallow pillows.

    Yum Indeed:)


  • #19
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,573 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    kenmc wrote: »
    Or that you must wear hi viz, cos they saw some builder cycling to work wearing his vest and decided that it was compulsory.


    yeh somebody i know told me off that i wasn't wearing hi-vis after they nearly hit me, wouldn't mind there's so little traffic around here theres no excuse really.

    why is all my cycling gear black anyway ?

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #20
    daymobrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,570 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    I am closing this thread because I am concerned that it will go downhill easily.
    We have answered bongotime's question. I'll let bongotime go make mad claims elsewhere.


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