Originally Posted by
avole
Plus 5 or so. Europe refers to a collection of independent countries. Are you 100 % sure that bicycle helmets are not mandatory/compulsory i all those countries and municipalities?
Always beware before making generalisations like that, unless you have checked every one. To help you, see this
Bicycle_helmet_laws_by_country#Legislation_by_country Europe , and this:
helmet laws by state in the USA The latter surprised me, didn't know legislation was so widespread.
As I posted,
no U.S. state requires adults to wear bicycle helmets. I stand corrected about Europe, a few small Eastern European countries and outlier Spain have safety nanny restrictions in place for adult bicyclists. Charming!