At what age in NY are you not legally obligated to wear a helmet while riding a bike?

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SuperMelsa

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Just curious. I'm a klutz, so I'd be an idiot not to wear one on a busy road, but it seems like overkill for a few laps around the block in a suburb of the middle of nowhere, when there's one car an hour that you can see coming a quarter mile away. It seems most kids around here do, too. Just wondering if we're all crazy rebels.
 
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KathrynR

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Legally in NYS you can stop wearing a helmet when you're 14 or over. But I know two people who has accidents very close to home and were never the same because of brain damage. One person was hit by someone turning a corner and broadsiding him, The other was hit by someone one going through a red light and also broadsiding him. Both young men had skull fractures which put them both into comas for weeks. One is partially blind and the other now has trouble in school because of brain damage. Not wearing a helmet isn't a smart Idea no matter what age you are. Everyone on the Tour de France wears one, Don't you think that they know what they are doing??? IF your life and brain worth the risk??/
 
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jay

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Your logic is amazing.

It's wrong.

A good bump on the head can come just as easily on a busy road as a quite suburban street. A bit of oil on the ground, a rock, a pot hole, being a klutz. Lots of ways to smack your head without a car being nearby.

Wear the helmet. Is it really worth risking brain damage or death?
 
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OllieS

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Ive been riding bikes very often since i was about 8, im 15 now

I go mountain biking and dirt jumping very often and ive never worn a helmet.
I cycle in roads very often and crashed a few times but ive never banged my head on anything
(except for the floor when i got a broken collar bone and light concussion)
your better off just being careful, if you cant be bothered to wear a helmet

That probably wasnt at all helpfull anyway
 
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