SHE SAYS...

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31315, 10 March 1967, Page 11

SHE SAYS...

Why is it not compulsory for riders of motorised twowheelers to wear crash helmets at all speeds? The present law does not require the wearing of helmets at low speeds, yet there is an everincreasing number of headinjury accidents, especially in restricted speed areas.

Motor-scooter riding, in particular, has increased in popularity. Some motorists use motor-scooters for business trips around the city, and so avoid the problems of traffic congestion and parking. They are not compelled by law to wear a crash helmet, and few of them do so. And I often wonder why those television commercials always show us happy bands of young persons “scootering” about the countryside, but never wearing crash-helmets. It is certainly not a good example to the young viewers, and to them possibly suggests the “with it” crowd does not bother with helmets!

Many young women will not wear a helmet for fear of spoiling their hair-style. What sense is there in having an elaborate hair-style when on a motor-scooter or as a pillion passenger on the boy friend’s motor-cycle anyway? Remember that a collision will almost always result in a fall, and although broken limbs may mend, head injuries are much mote serious Many motorists have become accustomed to wearing seat belts at all times; motorscooter riders should become accustomed to always wearing helmets.