Bikes save fuel; helmets save heads
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- May
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Today’s article about North Rockland High School seniors riding bicycles to school grabbed some attention. And the focus wasn’t on the topic of the environment and rising gas prices. Several contacted the paper to note that none of the teens in the photographs were wearing protective headgear. That’s right—not a bicycle helmet to be seen. Check out the video coverage.
New York state law mandates that all people on bicycles – age notwithstanding – wear a helmet. Rockland’s had that law since 1992. Other schools plan similar biking days by students who are miffed that they finally get to drive to campus, but now can’t afford gas. When they do get the chance to drive, they have to wear their seatbelts. Now that they will be biking, they should wear their helmets.
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on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 3:10 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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