Ill. District 64 school board. Her death prompted the school to propose a policy requiring helmets on children who ride bicycles, in-line skates, scooters or skateboards on school property, or coming to or from school, Assistant Superintendent Sally Prior said. There's strong support for this. Community pressure also prompted Raleigh to extend its existing helmet laws to scooters. But laws alone are not enough to keep children safe, said Pino.
Kids can run out in the street in a second.
Once again we have the opportunity to get some good data before the spin meisters and nosey-nannies get busy. The waters of the bicycle helmet debate are so roiled that no useful data and no definitive result will ever be obtained. Not so with the scooters. If knees are jerked over scooters and helmets then we'll lose this opportunity too. Can't overlood old people in wheelchairs either.