Helmet legislation.....what's the law?

Taking family to Cham this time....just wondering what the current
legislation is about ski helmets. I can't stand em myself and have enough
trouble trying to get the girls (12 and 14) to wear cycle helmets!

As we will be skiing in Italy/France and Switzerland I though I'd better
find out if I need to fork out 60 quid for a pair of helmets. I know there
have recently been campaigns to persuade people to wear them, but is there
yet any legal requirement in either of these countries?

Thanks,

John

Have you ever tried wearing a helmet while skiing?

I recently bought one and it is great, it keeps your head warm and holds
your goggles in place well..

I can understand if you don't want to wear a helmet, but its pretty
irresponsible in my opinion to allow 12 and 14 year old girls to go on the
slopes without them..

"John Ricketts" wrote in message
k...
Taking family to Cham this time....just wondering what the current
legislation is about ski helmets. I can't stand em myself and have enough
trouble trying to get the girls (12 and 14) to wear cycle helmets!

As we will be skiing in Italy/France and Switzerland I though I'd better
find out if I need to fork out 60 quid for a pair of helmets. I know there
have recently been campaigns to persuade people to wear them, but is there
yet any legal requirement in either of these countries?

Thanks,

John

"AH" wrote in message
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Have you ever tried wearing a helmet while skiing?

I recently bought one and it is great, it keeps your head warm and holds
your goggles in place well..

I can understand if you don't want to wear a helmet, but its pretty
irresponsible in my opinion to allow 12 and 14 year old girls to go on the
slopes without them..

I'm curious - why are 12 and 14 year old girls so liable to injury as
opposed to 11, 13 or 15 year old girls or 12 & 14 year old boys?

Perhaps 12 & 14 year old girls should be banned from the slopes.

If you could show a correlation between accidents and "the time of the
month" would you ban women from the slopes at that time? Where do you draw
the line? Who draws the line?

If we are really so concerned about safety maybe we should all wear yellow
"high visibility" jackets, just like the guys digging up the roads, then
nobody will crash in to anybody else. Come that what about body armour -
all the resorts sell it for racers.

Rob
"John Ricketts" wrote in message
k...
Taking family to Cham this time....just wondering what the current
legislation is about ski helmets. I can't stand em myself and have enough
trouble trying to get the girls (12 and 14) to wear cycle helmets!

As we will be skiing in Italy/France and Switzerland I though I'd better
find out if I need to fork out 60 quid for a pair of helmets. I know there
have recently been campaigns to persuade people to wear them, but is there
yet any legal requirement in either of these countries?

Thanks,

John

"Nick Hounsome" wrote in
k:


"AH" wrote in message
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Have you ever tried wearing a helmet while skiing?

I recently bought one and it is great, it keeps your head warm and
holds your goggles in place well..

I can understand if you don't want to wear a helmet, but its pretty
irresponsible in my opinion to allow 12 and 14 year old girls to go
on the slopes without them..

I'm curious - why are 12 and 14 year old girls so liable to injury as
opposed to 11, 13 or 15 year old girls or 12 & 14 year old boys?

Perhaps 12 & 14 year old girls should be banned from the slopes.

If you could show a correlation between accidents and "the time of the
month" would you ban women from the slopes at that time? Where do you
draw the line? Who draws the line?

Since they are undoubtedly at greater risk of injury if they go skiing than
if they don't, surely it's "pretty irresponsible" to take them at all.

Jeremy

"AH" wrote in message
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Have you ever tried wearing a helmet while skiing?

I recently bought one and it is great, it keeps your head warm and holds
your goggles in place well..

Soooo, (avoiding the flames on the later thread) what's the best type of
helmet for adults to wear?

My wife and I have both cycling helmets and climbing (Alpine) helmets - I
guess the cycling ones are more comfortable and aerodynamic (not that I
deliberately ski fast) but is there a special type recommended for (adult)
skiing?

Steve P

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:00:44 GMT, "John Ricketts"
allegedly wrote:

As we will be skiing in Italy/France and Switzerland I though I'd better
find out if I need to fork out 60 quid for a pair of helmets.

I believe that it's law for children under 14 to wear helmets in Italy,
but France and Switzerland have no restrictions.

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:42:56 GMT, "Nick Hounsome"
wrote:


"AH" wrote in message
...
Have you ever tried wearing a helmet while skiing?

I recently bought one and it is great, it keeps your head warm and holds
your goggles in place well..

I can understand if you don't want to wear a helmet, but its pretty
irresponsible in my opinion to allow 12 and 14 year old girls to go on the
slopes without them..

I'm curious - why are 12 and 14 year old girls so liable to injury as
opposed to 11, 13 or 15 year old girls or 12 & 14 year old boys?


Why might you think he was suggesting they are?

He was responding to the OP who had mentioned that he would have two
girls of those ages with him.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
A diplomat thinks twice before saying nothing.

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"Rob White" wrote in message
.. .
| If we are really so concerned about safety maybe we should all wear
yellow
| "high visibility" jackets, just like the guys digging up the roads,
then
| nobody will crash in to anybody else. Come that what about body
armour -
| all the resorts sell it for racers.

Now there's a thought ;-)

Pete
www.skiclublesarcs.com

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:42:56 GMT, "Nick Hounsome"
wrote:


"AH" wrote in message
...
Have you ever tried wearing a helmet while skiing?

I recently bought one and it is great, it keeps your head warm and holds
your goggles in place well..

I can understand if you don't want to wear a helmet, but its pretty
irresponsible in my opinion to allow 12 and 14 year old girls to go on
the
slopes without them..

I'm curious - why are 12 and 14 year old girls so liable to injury as
opposed to 11, 13 or 15 year old girls or 12 & 14 year old boys?


Why might you think he was suggesting they are?

He was responding to the OP who had mentioned that he would have two
girls of those ages with him.

1. I lost track
2. I've got a sense of humour
3. What's the point of a thread that deals with 2 specific individuals
rather than a general issue.
4. If you read my other reply somewhere in this thread you would see how
this supports my view on the insidious pressures that will eventually remove
all freedom to do anything: By saying it is irresponsible he puts pressure
on other parents of teenage daughters regardless of any cost benefit
analysis. Perversely this kind of pressure tends to be stronger the less
general it is.

--
Alex Heney, Global Villager

Surely an oxymoron.

A diplomat thinks twice before saying nothing.

I wont bother making conversation with any diplomats then.