You would think it would knock some sense into them, right?
Rules offered to curb youth head injuries
Massachusetts health authorities are expected to propose today stringent regulations aimed at reducing head injuries in adolescent athletes — and assuring that injured players don’t return to the field until their brains have recovered.
Also see: Massachusetts Public Health Council voices support for head injury rules
I'd just say ban football; however, that gets a whole lot of people riled up (never mind the Wall Street and Washington looting and lies).
And ever notice the interests behind football?
The advertisers during the game (big beer, big oil, Wall Street banks, etc)?
Ever notice all the parks, stadiums, and fields are named after banks?
Just your bailout tax dollars at work, America.
No more War Memorial Stadium, huh?
It almost makes one want to get out of the house:
"Cyclists found a friendlier Boston in 2010; Hub added lanes, safety programs; sharing on the way" by Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff / January 27, 2011
As a part of a long-term plan to dislodge Boston from its historic standing among the nation’s least-friendly places for bicycling, the city installed a record number of bike lanes last year, expanded safety efforts, and advanced a bike share program that could debut this summer.
Bike lanes still occupy only a small fraction of city streets, and safety remains an ongoing concern in a city with cramped roads and no shortage of aggressive drivers. But 2010 was a watershed year for biking in Boston, said Nicole Freedman, director of the city’s Boston Bikes program, who will release an annual report on the state of biking in Boston at a forum tonight.
“It was really a breakout year,’’ said Freedman, the urban planner and former Olympic cyclist hired by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to establish Boston Bikes in 2007.
Are you a former Olympic cyclist, tourist?
Think that is a good use of tax dollars, Bostonians?
Freedman will detail recent achievements and upcoming goals — including the potential summer 2011 introduction of the bike share program, once envisioned for 2010 — and seek public feedback at a forum at the Boston Public Library’s Rabb Lecture Hall, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
I'll give you mine right now: Morning Bike Accident in Boston
Yeah, just RISK YOUR LIFE for some agenda-pushing bulls***!
Just hope your chain doesn't fall off.
The bike share program would include 600 bikes and 60 rental stations, to encourage more bike trips for reasons of public health and reducing automobile congestion....
Is it not odd that countries like China and India -- that are moving away from bicycles and towards cars -- are touted as the GROWING ECONOMIC POWERS?
Better WAKE UP, America, because AFTER the BANKS STEAL YOUR HOMES they are going to STEAL YOUR CARS!!
In a sign of improvement, the League of American Bicyclists last year ranked Boston 10th out of the 70 largest cities for bike ridership among commuters, based on annual data compiled by the US Census Bureau; in 2009, 2.1 percent of Bostonians regularly biked to work, more than double the percent in the average city and a 118 percent increase since 2000.
Also, last year the Alliance for Biking & Walking found fewer fatalities per 10,000 bicyclists in Boston than in most peer cities. But the potential danger was underscored earlier this week, when a 74-year-old bicyclist was killed on Monday near the corner of Tremont and Arlington streets.
Related: Bicyclist, 74, killed in South End collision
My question is WTF is an OLD MAN DOING BIKING the streets of BOSTON in the DEAD of WINTER with SNOW MOUNDS EVERYWHERE?!!!
“Every fatality is a tragedy, and statistics don’t matter to an individual,’’ Freedman said. “We can always do better — and we will.’’
What is TRAGIC are the PREVENTABLE DEATHS that are brought about by agenda-pushing self-promoters like Freedman here.
The total number of bicyclists in Boston is difficult to estimate, but the city last year engaged more than 35,000 riders in a variety of programs, such as Hub on Wheels and Bike Friday. The Hub program is a charity bike ride across the city, and Bike Friday is a convoy program that encourages new riders to bike to work with the help of experienced cyclists and police.
I did it for ten years. Never again.
And I'm sorry, dear readers; however, I distrust any government programs pushed by the mouthpiece media here in Massachusetts.
Then again, it's not (thankfully) my city.
The event, the third annual forum since the creation of Boston Bikes, provides an opportunity for residents and commuters to share their thoughts about the city’s progress and their future goals, said Jackie Douglas, director of the LivableStreets Alliance
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MBTA terminates bus driver charged with drunken driving
Yeah, maybe you better stay off the T, too.
And better not take a taxi.
