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The Mandatory Helmets also help to discourage bikes.



In the same way that everyone stopped driving their cars when seatbelts became mandatory?


No, in the same way that people will not start smoking if they have to use mandatory safety goggles. Of course this kind of method depends on two things:

1) how critical the activity is to people's lives (cycling: low, driving: high)

2) how funny you look with the safety item on (...)




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