More on bike helmets
Remember the Monday Consult on bike helmets? We were still left a bit in the dark about whether Kayris' toddler needed to ride a helmet while on a push toy.
Stephanie Yanovitz, statewide bicycle and pedestrian coordinator for the Maryland State Highway Administration, got back to me with this answer:
"Toddlers that are on rear hitches, tag-a-longs, or in the bike seats on bicycles are required to wear helmets. Other - play vehicles or toy - are not defined as 'vehicles'."
I asked her whether that meant that kids on play vehicles weren't required to wear helmets. She answered that that was technically so, but "you won't hear me say don't wear a helmet. It is still advised."
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My heart jumps into my throat when I click on this blog and then see my own name, LOL.
Anyway, thanks for answering my question. I asked that question 4 months ago, and the toddler is now 21 months. She's much more sure footed, so I have not been using a helmet. She's very likely to get off the toy and push it in front of her, and at that point I feel like putting a helmet on a kid to run down the sidewalk is ridiculous.
However, she could use knee pads. She fell down the other day and scraped both knees bloody!
Posted by: Kayris | August 29, 2008 12:30 PM