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The stagnation of cycling in Australia is well-understood to be due to the mandatory helmet laws of the early 1990s.

This is completely true.

Here's a study from Brisbane on the effects on public bicycle share: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847812...

In contrast the youbike program in Taipei and its suburbs (where helmets are not required) has been very successful.

How else are we supposed to face the magpies?

Last time I lived in Brisbane the Magpies had adapted to helmets anyway, they will semi-land on your shoulder and attack your ears.

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