A 33-year-old housewife in the city of Kure phoned the Chugoku Shimbun one day to convey her concern about her sixth-grade son. He will be attending a junior high school starting next spring and will be traveling there by bicycle, but he does not want to wear a helmet because he does not like its design.
When she explained it¡¯s important for his safety, her son said, ¡°Then why don¡¯t high school students have to wear one?¡±
Many children that cycle to school wearing a helmet tend to be junior high school students.
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