Bill would require helmets for kids on scooters
02.03.10
"With bikes we have a (state) law of the helmet. With the bikes there is a helmet law. On mopeds and scooters, people do not tax on a helmet, "said Zant.
Zant wants to bridge the gap in federal law. He said he fully supports a bill sponsored by Delegates Mathias and Jim Donald B. Elliott, forcing minors to wear helmets when riding scooters, mopeds and bicycles. Under the bill, demand helmet would apply to any person under 18 years, rather than the current standard for bicycles, which is 16 years. The bill also requires that the helmet of a rider met certain quality standards.
"Very simply, the bill reduces injuries. It reduces medical costs, "said Mathias, D-38B-Worcester. Deep In The City, the streets swell with people riding bikes and scooters during the summer months. Mathias said he verbally companies rent a scooter and adults who use scooters and mopeds for transportation. He said that many of them told him they championed the legislation.
Source: Bethany Beach Wave
Teen hit by car, flung 10m
04.03.10
THE b injured pedestrian in last December's double hit-and-run case in Bukit Panjang is propitious to be alive.
A crack was found on his helmet after ITE (Dover) student Muhammad Haris Abu Talib was struck by a knavish car and thrown about 10m away to the middle of a traffic junction at about 3.10am on Dec 15.
The 18-year-old, who was on a skate scooter, was hit when he was crossing at the as dull as ditch-water crossing with his brother and two friends at Bukit Panjang Road by Bukit Panjang Horn Road. Just minutes earlier, he heard a loud screeching robust of tyres followed by a loud bang.
'It sounded like a channel had hit something. This was in the direction of Bukit Panjang Road to the left. I could not see what had happened,'' he said in his declaration.
He said his brother was ahead of him and they were crossing in a single file when he hurriedly saw a black car heading towards his brother, but it swerved into his lane and hit him.
'The next moment, I found myself flung to the central of the traffic junction about 10 metres away from where I was first hit by the black car,'' he said.
Source: Straits Times