{"id":1818,"date":"2004-11-09T13:48:34","date_gmt":"2004-11-09T18:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2004-11-09T13:48:34","modified_gmt":"2004-11-09T18:48:34","slug":"dont-make-me-wear-that-eggbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/09\/dont-make-me-wear-that-eggbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t make me wear that eggbox &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:06:02 -0500<br \/>\n<strong>To:<\/strong> <em>Lorenzo Berardinetti MPP<\/em> &lt;lberardinetti.mpp.co<em>\/&nbsp;at&nbsp;\/<\/em>liberal.ola.org&gt;,<br \/>\n <em>John Milloy MPP<\/em> &lt;jmilloy.mpp.co<em>\/&nbsp;at&nbsp;\/<\/em>liberal.ola.org&gt;,<br \/>\n <em>Harinder Takhar MPP<\/em> &lt;htakhar.mpp.co<em>\/&nbsp;at&nbsp;\/<\/em>liberal.ola.org&gt;<br \/>\n<strong>Subject:<\/strong> Bill 129, Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2004<\/p>\n<p>I am an experienced cyclist. I am strongly opposed to compulsory bicycle  helmet legislation. Its discussion is a waste of legislature time, and  its implementation would be a waste of police time.<\/p>\n<p>Bicycle helmets do little to reduce injuries. Better preventative  measures include cyclist awareness training for drivers, and proper  assertive cycling skills for bicycle riders.<\/p>\n<p>It is unfair to single out the users of &#8220;muscular powered vehicles&#8221;.  Pedestrians and motorists also suffer head injuries in collisions, and  so should be compelled to wear helmets too.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto has a culture of utility cycling. We do not ride bikes for sport  or recreation, but as an integrated part of urban mobility.<\/p>\n<p>It is no coincidence that the countries with the highest levels of  cycling are also those with the lowest levels of helmet use. Please do  not harm the health of Ontario by providing barriers to cycling.<\/p>\n<p>I urge you strongly to drop support for this bill. It does nothing for  the cyclists in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Please acknowledge receipt of this e-mail.<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely,<br \/>\nStewart C. Russell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:06:02 -0500 To: Lorenzo Berardinetti MPP &lt;lberardinetti.mpp.co\/&nbsp;at&nbsp;\/liberal.ola.org&gt;, John Milloy MPP &lt;jmilloy.mpp.co\/&nbsp;at&nbsp;\/liberal.ola.org&gt;, Harinder Takhar MPP &lt;htakhar.mpp.co\/&nbsp;at&nbsp;\/liberal.ola.org&gt; Subject: Bill 129, Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2004 I am an experienced cyclist. I am strongly opposed to compulsory bicycle helmet legislation. Its discussion is a waste of legislature time, and its implementation would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[40,77,1867],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-stuff","category-general","tag-annoyance","tag-bike","tag-helmet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQNZZ-tk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}