What? Take his Nanny Badge away!
Why not? Who’ll pay the settlement when a bike rider gets splatted on a city owned vehicle and no protection?
Does the favorite justification used by leftists, “the end justifies the means” explain even this seeming aberration? If a few bicyclists die from head injuries because they weren’t wearing helmets, that’s ok because it got more people riding bicycles?
How benevolent of his majesty!
I am more than certain that every biker who helmets up does so not because they feel safer that way, but because his majesty, Michael Bloomturd has decreed that it must be so.
Obviously the NTSB should file suit immediately to close down the project until helmets are provided and usage made mandatory. NTSB should call in SWAT teams from Dept. of ED, Energy, Social Security, Interior, HHS, etc. to preclude rogue operations by Bloomberg and his fellow Urban terrorists.
Just like wind turbines can kill as many eagles as they please.
He’s been doing this for a while, relishing the increasing deaths every year by bicycle which is why he keeps promoting it. The guy is insane, what else is new. Don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t own a business, don’t donate food to the homeless, but go out and ride a bike around speeding trucks and taxis and get your head smashed in
Perfectly consistent: bitter-clingers who are partial to Big Gulps need to be protected from themselves; metrosexual weenies in Spandex don’t.
Helmets should be mandatory! Along with mittens so riders can’t flip off drivers of cars (that will reduce violence and injuries). If Bloomie can’t do that, then why should drivers wear seat belts?
I would love to see the city’s proposed budget for this operation, and see how many bikes they expect to have stolen per month. Increase that to the number of bikes they’ve got, and you probably are closer to the end result.