i am not against helmets and with or without a law i would wear one on long rides
what i'm against is enforcement the rider should decide
in gibraltar as in all of europe we have to wear a helmet and when we buy one we pay a tax on top of the price of the helmet
helmets worn on a building site is exempt from tax yet biker helmets are not we have arguments with the government but they won't budge
it's only 6% but if it is law to wear them why should there be a tax on top of it
helmet laws as the seat belt law is nothing to do with safty
in the UK helmet companies were complaining about low sales ministers had shares in these companies and was not making money companies like griffin davida ect so how do we get more revenue inforce a helmet law same happened with seat belts
governments don't care about your safty just their pockets
the problem was japan germany and italy was making better quality products so people bought arai shoei agv thus the british helmet producers still went bankrupt
yes i know davida still make helmets but compared to what they use to produce they are a cottage industry now
the others have all dissapeared
don't get me wrong helmets have there uses but i feel the rider needs to decide not some suit and tir in parlament
