Originally Posted by
closetbiker
while it's always good to educate people on the problems with helmet laws, it's important to remember this is a provincial law and only the provincial legislators can change it.
After decades of selling the public on the idea that cycling is dangerous, and helmets are the cure, developing support to throw out the law is a politically dicey one and an issue most elected officials will not commit to. This is why the publicity that surrounds this challenge is important. The public needs to learn certain facts that run in the face of the impressions they've been sold.
City could make a point of the issue by passing a law which flies in the face of provincial law...
Who's your
representative in provincial parliment?
Have you established any line of communication with them? Worth forwarding info about the lawsuit and, as I mentioned before, either see if they'd be on board with rescinding the law, or maybe even better, support extending the law to all road users. Especially motor vehicle operators and passengers, seeing as how they form the basis of most head injuries paid by the public in Canada...
This is a political battle, you need to take the issue up in the political arena.