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The chairman of the UK brain injury charity Headway is campaigning for a change in the law, which would see riding a bike without a helmet made illegal.

Andrew Green, deputy for the St Helier districts three and four of the island of Jersey, is set to formally lodge a proposition to the island's parliament, the Jersey Evening post reports.

The parliament's members will then decide whether to make the law applicable to all cyclists or just those under the age of 18.

According to the newspaper, Mr Green's son Chris suffered a brain injury when he had an accident while riding his bike at the age of nine.

In August 2009, the UK government responded to an online petition created by Headway, which called for new law to be introduced to make it compulsory for children to wear helmets while cycling.

The Department for Transport said it had commissioned a new research project on cyclists' road safety, including a new review of cycle helmet effectiveness.

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