7 Mind Blowing Facts You Probably Didn’t Know - Page 3 of 9

Helmet Law

In 2011 the New York police department passed a mandatory requirement for all riders to wear helmets. In a move to show their dissatisfaction, 550 riders joined in a ride to protest the mandatory requirement and one rider hit his brakes causing his bike to fishtail throwing him to the ground such that he sustained a head injury. Upon being rushed to hospital he was pronounced dead and a medical expert while being interviewed, said, he would’ve no doubt that he would survive if he had wore a helmet. You can call it a case of helmet irony.