Tag: helmets

March 6, 2023

King County study finds helmet use unchanged after law repeal

One year ago, the King County Board of Health voted 11–2 to repeal the county’s rare all-ages bicycle helmet law. One of the arguments in favor of repeal was that the law was not a top reason that most people choose to wear a helmet. To test this assertion, Public Health – Seattle & King…
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tagged: bike share, helmet laws, helmets, king county board of health
June 16, 2021

Support for repealing all-ages helmet law grows as Health Board begins debate

The list of organizations backing a proposal to repeal King County’s all-ages bicycle helmet law includes many local bicycling and safe streets groups like Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club as well as national organizations like People for Bikes and the League of American Bicyclists. This momentum comes as the King County Board of…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, helmet laws, helmets, real change, seattle neighborhood greenways
July 29, 2014

How Pronto plans to make bike share work even with Seattle’s helmet law

King County has a very rare all-ages helmet law, which will certainly complicate the launch and daily operations of Pronto Cycle Share in September. But fueled by a grant from Seattle Children’s, they are forging ahead with an ambitious and novel plan to make it work using a streamlined and simple helmet checkout and return…
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tagged: bike share, helmet laws, helmets, king county board of health, pronto emerald city cycle share, seattle children’s
January 7, 2011

A post about …(gulp)… helmets

So far, I have mostly avoided talking about helmet use and helmet laws on this blog. It’s just not an argument I find myself particularly passionate about. But there have been a lot of new, interesting helmet-related arguments flying around recently, so I thought it might be time to discuss it. So here goes… Helmet…
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tagged: copenhagen, copenhagenize, elly blue, helmet laws, helmets, kent’s bike blog
July 15, 2010

Car vs bike crash in Cap Hill yesterday, injuries not life threatening

The biker involved in a collision with a car on Capitol Hill yesterday does not have life-threatening injuries. It’s always scary to hear about a bike colliding with a car, and we hope she heals up soon. Capitol Hill Seattle has the story: Wednesday afternoon, we reported on Twitter about a bike and car collision…
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tagged: capitol hill, cars vs bikes, chs, crashes, helmets