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Meanwhile, the bureaucrats commission another “study”
Abstract The failure of the bike share scheme in Brisbane led to calls to exempt it from the helmet law. The government response was to commission a study to defend its controversial legislation. Bureaucrats even edited the “study” in favor of the legislation. Such “research” should not be misrepresented as science. blank A strange “study” The…
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Official misrepresentation of Australia’s bicycle helmet law
Abstract The helmet law has failed to achieve its stated goal of reducing the cost of cycling injuries. Several government agencies have obfuscated this disappointing result through misrepresentation. The information below is an extract from CRAG submission to the Prime Minister in 2009. Following this submission, the federal government abandoned its policy of supporting compulsory bicycle helmets. blank Federal…