home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- <text id=90TT1307>
- <title>
- May 21, 1990: Business Notes:Sports Equipment
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- May 21, 1990 John Sununu:Bush's Bad Cop
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 69
- Business Notes
- SPORTS EQUIPMENT
- Putting a Lid On Cyclists
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Each year 1,000 Americans die as a result of bicycle
- accidents. In 75% of the deaths, the cause is head trauma.
- Influenced by those statistics, Maryland's Howard County last
- week passed a bill requiring all bicyclists to wear helmets or
- face fines of as much as $100 per violation. The law is
- expected to inspire similar legislation across the U.S. But
- bicycle makers fear that helmet laws could hurt business. The
- Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America contends that the
- price of helmets--typically $20 to $80--may cut into the
- sport's appeal by increasing its cost. The Maryland law was
- written by county councilman Charles Feaga, who was disturbed
- by the deaths of three local children in bicycling accidents.
- Insists Feaga: "We did not do this to harass children or
- adults. It's like passengers wearing seat belts. It's for their
- own good."
- </p>
-
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
-
-