Helmet’s ok, but what about hair loss?

By CT reporter
MANGALORE : Perhaps, now one can find it difficult to trace any bike rider sans helmets anywhere in the city, and probably the government can very well claim that the helmet ruls has been strictly implemented. Today every bike rider has accepted the government decision and is wearing helmets and his head is safeguarded in case of accidents. But, two-wheeler riders now have another complaint -that continuous wearing of helmets would lead to hair loss.
Usually, bike riders will have to wear helmets for two to three hours daily and this means accumulation of sweat in the head which in trun leads to problems like hair loss and dandruff. Even doctors point out this fact.
Today, many bike riders say it would be better for the government to exempt Mangalore from the helmet rule as is done in case of Bellary on the grounds that the excessive heat would make wearing of helmets difficult.
On the other hand, some are even appealing to make helmets mandatory in rural areas where too the incidences of road accidents are high. In toto what can be said is that the problems faced by the helmet wearers would gradually backfire the government and already demands are heard from some corners to revole the helmet rule. A JD)S) keader DM Aslam has recently even appealed to the state home minister MP Prakash to exempt Mangalore from the helmet rule, on lines of Bellary.