No bike helmet? Lose your wheels

Brian R. Ballou
Boston Globe
September 17, 2008

If you’re young and ride a bicycle through town without a helmet, you may end up walking back home. Police here are looking for scofflaws and will snatch the pedals from your feet if you’ve been warned numerous times but still forgo headgear.

Holliston police, frustrated in trying to drive home the point that riding without a helmet is dangerous and illegal, are hoping the tactic will finally get the attention of young riders.

“We’re not looking to take bikes away from the kids who forget their helmets,” School Resource Officer David Gatchell said yesterday. “This isn’t something where we’re looking to collect a hundred bikes. We don’t want to seize bikes, but for the kids who repeatedly ignore the warnings, it will happen.”

Riding a bike – or scooter or in-line skates – without a helmet is illegal for anyone younger than 17 in Massachusetts. But Gatchell said he’s noticed crowds of youngsters riding in his town without head protection. Bradford Jackson, Holliston school superintendent, said that outside the schools, he’s seen an increase in bike riders, given the warm weather.

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