Safety First
Sta,—Motor-cyclists should certainly be compelled to wear crash helmets, but why stop there ? They are not the only members of the road-using community who invite self-destruction.
Take cyclists. They pass no road test. Take pedestrians; they do not even carry reflectors at night. Take drivers; they should certainly be compelled to wear a piece of sheet armour across their fronts to prevent injury from crashing into the steering column; no doubt something could be devised to obviate injury to the passengers as well —perhaps they could be strapped into their seats by law.
Ranging further afield we find an even more shocking state of affairs. Persons are allowed aboard ships who cannot swim, persons travel in aeroplanes who cannot fly (and are not provided with a parachute either), persons travel on electric railways without wearing insulated clothing, persons venture on country walks completely uninstructed in woodcraft, map-reading and first-aid in cases of snake-bite.
This is all wrong. It is our duty to shield everybody, not just motor-cyclists, from the possible results of their temerity. Let us have a Royal Commission, legislation, and a Ministry of National Safety; we are a gormless lot and we all need safening.—Yours
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