http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702304248704575574250616160146.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u00a0The story starts out with an anecdote about a university doctor who had a bike accident, sans helmet,\u00a0that left him unconscious and in the hospital. But he did not learn his lesson: When\u00a0he got back on his bike after his recovery, he still refused to wear a helmet.<\/p>\r\n
The Dutch are so averse to wearing bike helmets that kids typically taunt other kids for wearing them. So\u00a0one of the country’s provinces, in an experimental program, handed out free helmets\u00a0to children in\u00a042 schools to encourage kids to wear them, according to The Journal’s Page One story. Those helmets were decorated with pictures of “Coolie,” a cute blue cartoon mascot who is wearing a helmet.<\/p>\r\n
In the spring, the automaker Volvo also distributed free, stylish\u00a0helmets to\u00a0children.<\/p>\r\n
The Dutch anti-helmet brigade argues that the headgear doesn’t really protect\u00a0bicyclists involved in bad accidents. Even Dutch doctors came up with lame excuses for declining to wear helmets, saying that they didn’t look good and that no one else wears them in the Netherlands.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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