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Cyclists debate helmets
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Daily Kansan Thursday, November 3, 1966
LAWRENCE RECORDED its first traffic fatality of the year last Friday night. Wendell O. Landon, Eudora, was killed when the motorcycle he was driving ran off the road on the west Turnpike access road.
Lawrence City Manager Ray Wells said the idea of a motorcycle ordinance had not come up to the city commission as yet. Such a proposal would have to originate from one of three sources: the Traffic and Safety Commission, the Lawrence Police Department or from public demand.
Lawrence is, however, in the process of surveying the accidents and types of injuries incurred from motorcycle mishaps. One thing holding Lawrence from moving on a cycle restriction might be the controversy over the laws in other cities, specifically Emporia, according to Wells.
TOPEKA IS ANOTHER city with the motorcycle proposals in the planning stages. The city commission is holding back, pending the outcome of the Emporia situation.
HELMETED RIDERS Required safety equipment elsewhere—here next?
Helmets seem to be the main source of protest, organized, as in Emporia, or unorganized, as in the Kansas City area. The laws, however, are concerned also with another cycle problem.
By JAY COOPER
In Gladstone, North Kansas
"I would rather have a few people laugh at me, than to have a head full of gravel," said Eric Litssey, East St. Louis, Ill., graduate student.
City and Liberty the law has a portion proper muffler systems. This is an attempt to quiet the usually loud engines.
IN GLADSTONE before a cycle can be licensed, an inspection is made of the vehicle to check for proper muffling and safety features.
CYCLISTS, BOTH owners and renters, are required to wear crash helmets in Kansas City, Gladstone, North Kansas City and Liberty, Mo. An ordinance passed by the city commission in Emporia requires a safety helmet.
Emporia city attorney, Mare Hunt, said the "ordinance was not passed to be oppressive but rather for public safety."
After protests by cyclists and non-cyclists District Judge Jay Sullivan handed down an injunction stating that the law was "an illegal delegation of legislative authority, vested in the town police chief," and also "indenite on helmet requirements."
The communities around Kansas City have seen promotions of various types of safety helmets.
There are helmets made for the specific purpose of highway
travel or use in cold weather. These sport a wind-screen front that can be raised and in some cases removed.
Comments on the safety helmets from KU students ran along similar lines.
Are motorcycle crash helmets for Lawrence?
JON BOWMAN, Larned sophomore, said, "Crash helmets are for incompetents." Bowman, a five-year cycle veteran, added, "If cyclists would learn how to drive they wouldn't need helmets."
Eowman is partially supported
Litsey was talking about the use of safety helmets for motorcycle drivers.
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Litsey is against any type of legislation. He says the next law may require larger headlights, then roll bars and on from there.
One point that Litssey is strong on is proper knowledge of cycle handling. He believes that a person should qualify for a motorcycle driving license with the stipulation of use of a specific size and type of vehicle. Litsey said, "Many people can handle small bikes, but soon they want to try larger ones, which they are not able to control."
ALSO OPPOSED to the manner in which cycles are rented, Litssey said, "They rent cycles to all people, even those who aren't qualified to drive them. Some people wear shorts, which is wrong. If they have a mishap, anything they have on will wear away slower than their skin."
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