A chara, – It seems each time a photo of a cyclist without a helmet appears in your paper some wit points out what to them is the obvious folly of doing so.
Maureen Fallon tells us (March 4th) that her ambulance-driver friend refers to them as “organ donors”. Well, three more “organ donors” were pictured on page 6 that day, so I’ll save the wits the bother of commenting.
I am a former Dublin cycle courier and a former bicycle mechanic, and I still use a bike. I have never worn a helmet. Contrary to popular belief, cycling is not dangerous, and Irish drivers are not homicidal lunatics.
What Ms Fallon refers to as “basic safety equipment” comprises, in my experience, the skills and awareness inside your head; not some piece of plastic on it. – Is mise,