Deiseb a wrthodwyd Make it a legal requirement for every cyclist on the road to wear a helmet.
Cyclists not wearing a safety helmet should be fined and educated, the same as car motorists, if they are seen not wearing a seat belt. With the increase in the cycling population, there needs to be set guidance, to ensure everyone on our roads is kept safe. Implementing a legal requirement for a cyclist to wear a helmet, not only protects the cyclists themselves, but possibly reduce the impact an injury without a helmet has on emergency departments in the NHS.
Rhagor o fanylion
As noted by the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (2020); head injury has been identified as an important cause of death and serious injury in cycling collisions. One way in which cyclists can prevent or reduce the extent of a head injury in a cycling accident is to wear a cycle helmet.
Although highly recommended there is no such law in the UK to enforce helmet wearing for cyclists, despite the evidence showing the effectiveness at reducing the extent of head injuries. I am calling on the Welsh government to take a step forward and become the first country in the UK to make it law for cyclists to wear a helmet. To protect themselves from fatalities and serious injuries and to ease pressure on our emergency services. In 2022 cyclists accounted for 7% of casualties attending emergency departments (Reported road casualties Wales, 2022).
Pam gwrthodwyd y ddeiseb hon?
Mae’n ymwneud â rhywbeth nad yw’r Senedd na Llywodraeth Cymru yn gyfrifol amdano.
Mae Deddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 yn cadarnhau graddau pŵer y Senedd i wneud cyfreithiau newydd a diwygio cyfraith bresennol (a elwir hefyd yn gymhwysedd deddfwriaethol). Mae Atodlenni 7A and 7B o Ddeddf 2006 yn nodi’r materion sy’n gyfyngedig neu a gedwir yn ôl - h.y. meysydd lle y caiff Senedd y DU, nid Senedd Cymru, ddeddfu.
Er mwyn ei gwneud yn ofyniad cyfreithiol i feicwyr wisgo helmed, byddai angen creu trosedd traffig ffyrdd ar gyfer achosion o fethu â gwneud hynny. Cyfrifolden Senedd y DU yw troseddau traffig ac nid y Senedd na Llywodraeth Cymru. O ganlyniad, nid yw’n bosibl i’r Senedd gymryd y camau y mae eich deiseb yn galw amdanynt.
Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am bwerau deddfwriaethol y Senedd i’w gweld yma:
https://senedd.cymru/sut-rydym-yn-gweithio/ein-rol/pwerau/
Mae’n bosibl y byddwch am gyflwyno deiseb i Senedd y DU, a gallwch wneud hynny drwy ddilyn y linc a ganlyn: https://petition.parliament.uk/
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