Bicycle helmet laws

Further information: Bicycle helmet laws by country

Some countries and lower jurisdictions have enacted laws or regulations which require cyclists to wear a helmet in certain circumstances, typically when riding on the road or a road-related area (such as a bicycle lane or path). In some places this requirement applies only to children under a certain age, while in others it applies to cyclists of all ages.

Background

Modern varieties of bicycle helmet first became commercially successful from 1975.[1] Industry helmet standards were developed from the 1970s[2] and are still under development.[3][4] Even before then, there had been calls for riders to wear helmets,[5] based on the assumptions of high risk to cyclists and effectiveness of helmets in preventing serious injury.[6]

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons campaigned actively to raise public awareness, acceptance and demand,[7] and helmets first became compulsory across Australia from 1991 to 1992.[8][9] In New Zealand, Rebecca Oaten was a prominent champion; after a disastrous head injury to her son in 1986 she traveled the country to push the importance of wearing helmets. For six years she visited an average of four schools a day.[10][11][12][13] Bicycle helmets became compulsory in New Zealand in January 1994.[14] A report from the Australian Department of Transport in 1987 cast doubt on the effectiveness of helmets in real accidents.[15] In 2004 members of the UK Parliament questioned the claims made for helmets in an Early Day Motion.[16]

By 1991, after widespread well-resourced campaigns,[17][18] the use of helmets had attained near-universal support in the United States, becoming what the League of American Wheelmen characterized as a "Mom and apple pie" issue.[19] Some official and professional bodies in the English-speaking world now support compulsory use of helmets.[20][21] A 2009 poll of U.S. adults found that 86% supported helmet laws for children.[22] Support has spread elsewhere; Safe Kids Worldwide, which has received financial support from equipment suppliers including helmet manufacturer Bell Sports, was founded in 1987 and is currently active in a total of 17 countries.[23] Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States have bicycle helmet laws, in at least one jurisdiction, for either minors only, or for all riders. Spain requires helmets to be worn while cycling along public roads outside population centers, except for riders with a medical exemption or during extremely hot days.[24]

Helmet laws are not universal in the United States; most U.S. states and municipalities have no laws or regulations regarding helmet use. In the U.S.A. 21 states and the District of Columbia have statewide mandatory helmet laws for children.[25] 29 U.S. states have no statewide law, and 13 of these states have no such laws in any lower-level jurisdiction either.[26] The territory of Guam made helmets compulsory for all bicycle riders and passengers on 27 February 2012.[27]

Israel's helmet law was never enforced or obeyed. A long and sophisticated volunteer campaign led to the revocation of the adult element, in order to allow bike-hiring schemes to work.[28][29] An official predicted that this would have disastrous health consequences.[30] Mexico City has repealed its helmet law to allow a bike-sharing scheme to work.[31]

The helmet debate

Main article: Bicycle helmet

The debate on helmet laws has been described as "sour and tetchy".[32]

There is no consensus on whether helmets themselves are effective, useful, or worth either promotion or compulsion. Cycling in the Netherlands and in Denmark is perceived as a "normal" activity requiring no special clothing or equipment.[33] Official organizations have supported the use of helmets without calling for laws; the Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV) finds contradictory evidence but on balance concludes "that a bicycle helmet is an effective means of protecting cyclists against head and brain injury".[34] Some Dutch cycling experts and planners have opposed the use of helmets, claiming that helmets discourage cycling by making it less convenient, less comfortable, and less fashionable. They also mention the possibility that helmets would "make cycling more dangerous by giving cyclists a false sense of safety and thus encouraging riskier riding behavior."[35]

Support

The mandatory wearing of helmets is frequently supported by medical organizations and by bodies responsible for road safety.[36]

Effects of head injury

Head injury can result in death or disastrous long-term physical and mental disability. Such injuries have happened to cyclists, and such cases have given powerful stimulus to political activity.[37] A helmet testing specialist states that some of these accidents can generate energy levels beyond those used when certifying competition motor racing helmets.[38] One study which examined post-mortem examinations of the twenty cyclist fatalities in Auckland, New Zealand between 1974 and 1984 found that sixteen died of fatal injury to multiple organ systems, including fourteen with fatal brain injuries; four died solely of brain trauma.[39]

Total numbers of injured cyclists

A motoring breakdown organization has sponsored an initiative by the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust which supports legislation, reporting that "in 2009/10 nearly 6,000 young cyclists were admitted to hospitals and of these 40% had suffered head injuries. Around 83% of young cyclists suffering head injuries were not involved in a collision with another vehicle but merely hit their head after falling from the cycle. "[40][41] In North Carolina, where bicycle helmets are compulsory for children, the North Carolina Department of Transportation publish a fact sheet stating that a bicyclist is killed or injured approximately every six hours and that helmets reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88%.[42] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in 2006, 773 bicyclists were killed in the US. In a speech arguing for helmet legislation in the UK Parliament, an MP said: "In a three-year period from 2003, 17,786 children aged 14 and under were admitted to NHS hospitals in England because of injuries incurred while cycling"[43]

Risks relative to exposure

In the UK, some 8,000 years of average cycling will produce one clinically severe head injury, and 22,000 years one death.[44]

Risks relative to other groups

Ordinary cycling in the UK is not demonstrably more dangerous than walking or driving, and is far safer for other road users.[45]

Case-control studies

Cases of head injury report a lower rate of helmet-wearing than controls who have injured other parts of the body.[46] This has been taken as strong evidence that cycle helmets are beneficial in a crash. The most widely quoted case-control study, by Thompson, Rivara, and Thompson, reported an 85% reduction in the risk of head injury by using a helmet. There are many criticisms of this study.[47]

Opposition

Bicycling organizations generally oppose laws mandating the wearing of helmets.[48] Civil Liberties Australia published three articles indicating concerns at the consequences of having a mandatory requirement.[49] In Ontario Canada, opposition has been present for many years.[50]

Consequences of bicycle laws

Effects on head injuries or deaths among cyclists

New Zealand: Cyclist (pink) and non-cyclist (blue) head injury rates vs. helmet usage (green)

There is an active debate, with no scientific consensus; the two leading reviews have come to opposite conclusions. Robinson's review of cyclists and control groups in jurisdictions where helmet use increased by 40 % or more following compulsion concluded that "enforced helmet laws discourage cycling but produce no obvious response in percentage of head injuries".[51] This study has been the subject of vigorous debate.[52][53][54] A more recent review, by Macpherson and Spinks, includes two primary papers (neither of which meet the criteria for inclusion in Robinson's review) and concludes that "Bicycle helmet legislation appears to be effective in increasing helmet use and decreasing head injury rates in the populations for which it is implemented. However, there are very few high-quality evaluative studies that measure these outcomes, and none that reported data on an (sic) possible declines in bicycle use."[55] Later work by Macpherson's group admitted that this conclusion had been erroneous and that "Although bicycle-related injuries are generally declining, this decline is not consistent, nor is it clearly associated with helmet laws."[56]

Changes in head injury with the New Zealand bicycle helmet law.[57]

The most studied laws are in New Zealand and Australia. A study conducted by the University of New South Wales in 2011 concluded that Mandatory Helmet Laws led to a 29% reduction in cycling related head injuries. [58]

Assuming a high level of benefit from the New Zealand law, the costs still outweighed the benefits.[59] A full analysis of the New Zealand law showed no reduction in head injuries.[60]

Effects on the amount of cycling

Regular moderate cycling is extremely beneficial for health.[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68]

An analysis of Australian census data before and after the introduction of helmet laws in some states, showed that in states which had helmet laws, the amount of cycling to work had reduced by about one third.[51] Other evidence strongly suggests that promotion or compulsion of helmet use deters cycling.[69][70] It has been suggested that this is irrelevant to health as "any cyclist who wants to exercise but hates helmets enough to quit cycling if a law is passed can turn to a multitude of other activities to stay active".[71] However, relatively few people who bicycle as part of their daily routine, would increase gym visits or take up other exercise activities if, as a result of a mandatory bicycle helmet law, they were discouraged from cycling. For many people, exercise is only sustainable if it is integrated into daily routine such as shopping errands or traveling to and from work.[72] Helmet laws seem to offer net health benefit only in dangerous bicycling environments under optimistic assumptions of the efficacy of helmets.[73] A 2011 review commissioned by the Queensland Government found little evidence to support the claim that mandatory helmet usage discouraged bike riding.[74]

Effects on the rate of helmet wearing

Large increases in the rate of helmet wearing are usual after helmet laws.[75] Not all laws have increased helmet use, no such increase was noted among the children covered by the North Carolina bicycle helmet law.[76] In another area, an early rise in helmet use was followed by a fall to below pre-law levels.[77][78] Attitudes to cycling, and the amount of enforcement effort, may both be relevant.[79]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "The standard, known as 2063:2008, is designed to force manufacturers to improve the safety of helmets in three ways. It requires them to use a softer polystyrene in the shell providing more cushioning for the brain, to use straps that will stretch sufficiently in an accident to allow the helmet to come off a rider's head, after absorbing the initial impact and to ensure sun visors do not twist a cyclist's head excessively when hitting the road." New bike helmet standards send retailers into a spin. Matthew Moore URBAN AFFAIRS EDITOR Sydney Morning Herald 19 November 2010 http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/new-bike-helmet-standards-send-retailers-into-a-spin-20101118-17zeq.html Accessed 26 February 2011
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