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Bangkok: Aim to get 100% of school kids to wear helmets - 50K prize - but what about helmet quality?

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On 8/24/2022 at 12:45 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Why would AN be cynically and negatively suggesting that they were, perhaps, unsafe in an otherwise very positive article?

I think we know the answer.

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8 hours ago, josephbloggs said:
On 8/24/2022 at 12:45 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Why would AN be cynically and negatively suggesting that they were, perhaps, unsafe in an otherwise very positive article?

I think we know the answer.

Do "we"?   Why don't you tell us?

On 8/24/2022 at 8:57 AM, webfact said:

but critics say that many are cheap and as effective as egg shells. 

Any link to these critics?

 

Any helmet is better than none. IF worn properly.

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1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Do "we"?   Why don't you tell us?

Because it has become an increasingly cynical website that appeals to the cynical TVF populace and therefore generates more clicks.  90% of the "news" articles have a cynical slant.  Personal opinion, of course.

Wearing them to and from classes is a bit over the top... surely just to and from school would be better.

 

Moot point though cause when prize giving is run and done the helmets won't be worn again.

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