Police stops bicyclist WTF?

[Cowpunk]

Run time: 01:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWF4x01MkzE   Posted on YouTube: April 28, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 20, 2009 By DU Member: Cowpunk Views on DU: 1186

 
Must-watch video of Cops accosting passing bicyclists. Where's the outrage???????????

H/T to Jonathan Turley.

[NJmaverick]

1. Yes how dare the police in another Country stop cyclists and give them helmets!

:eyes:

[Sanity Claws]

2. Where did this happen?

It's nice to see police involved in something so positive.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

3. I think that it was Denmark. That's pretty cool that they would do that.

Here you go:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/28/police-stop-bicyclists-to_n_192511.html

Speaking as someone who has been knocked down by a car and suffered minor damage to the cerebellum and spinal cord, I dread to think what would have happened without my helmet.

Europe can really teach us some lessons.

http://www.politi.dk/en/servicemenu/home/

[Peregrine]

4. A couple weeks ago local police

were outside my school before school started handing out bike helmets.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

5. In PA the law requires that all children under the age of 12 (I think) have a helmet on.

They have free helmet give-a-ways like the one you mentioned from time to time.

I never saw anyone give away free helmets to adults before this video.
Of course, after reading the atricle and seeing why they did it, it really makes sense.

[avaistheone1]

12. No wonder Denmark's happiness index is so much higher than our own.

[frazzled]

6. I wish they would do that here

I keep wanting to talk to my alderman here in Chicago about introducing a helmet law into the City Council.
My husband (who wouldn't even step on his bike without a helmet) says it would be impossible to enforce.
I don't see why not. But I say, who cares if they can't entirely enforce it. Just having it on the books will make a lot of people wear them, and it will save LOTS of lives and brains.
If we're serious about preventative care, helmets should be on the list with mammograms and all the rest.

Boy those Politsi give good hugs! And free helmets!

[MrObama]

7. LOL Denmark!

[moonlady0623]

8. ???

I see the police bring out the boxes, stand there and watch 3-4 women ride by without helmets, then stop and hug the men riding by and give them a helmet. What's wrong with this picture????? Can't women have helmets too????

[Cowpunk]

9. Maybe the women don't need them because they don't ride like A-holes nt

[EnviroBat]

10. If this is real, it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[frylock]

11. that's cool!

I wear a Giro Flak as well. They're quality and inexpensive.

[HippieCowgirl]

13. Stylish helmets, too! Where can I find one like that?

The red one I usually ride with is kind of garish. Best I could find at the time, though.

[frylock]

14. giro flak..

i loves mine!



http://www.rei.com/product/731978?cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-731978&mr:trackingCode=5C7B4FFE-FB85-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA

[Uncle Joe]

15. Most excellent.

Thanks for the thread, Cowpunk.:)