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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are you disappointed in your leadership in? You don't support 20 mph speed limits in Germantown Town Center?

[b]By the way, there is no law requiring adult bicyclists to wear helmets.[/b][/quote]

Then why not make this a law?  Don't helmets save lives too?  Maybe more so than lowering the speed limit 10 MPH?  I find that the lower the speed limit, the more aggressive the drivers.[/quote]

Because helmets don't protect bicyclists in car crashes, and helmet laws discourage bicycling and encourage harassment of minority bicyclists by police.

The speed limit in Germantown Town Center is 25 mph, and no, we're not going to raise the speed limit just because some drivers don't want to drive slowly.

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So encouraging bicycling is more important than preventing brain damage? That’s insane. [/quote]

Helmets are useful for bicyclists who fall off their bikes. They don't do anything to protect bicyclists who get hit by cars.

You know what does make bicyclists safer, though? When there are more people bicycling, because then drivers are used to expecting bicyclists to be present on the roads. So yes, encouraging bicycling makes the roads safer for bicyclists.[/quote]

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