Helmets, helmets everywhere

The City of Ottawa wants everyone to wear helmets all the time, apparently.
The city's protective services committee unanimously carried a motion by Coun. Diane Deans to get staff to draft a bylaw that, if passed, would require children and youth to wear helmets pretty much anywhere they go for fun, meaning skate parks, arenas and toboggan hills.
Now, no one has ever accused Diane Deans of being rationale, but this is just going a teeny bit too far.
Fine, if you're going to be stupid enough to ride a half-pipe on your skateboard without any head protection, you probably deserve a traumatic brain injury. But even still, is it really necessary to pass laws to mandate everything?
Christ, next thing you know we're going to all have to wear helmets when walking down an icy street. God knows I've fallen while doing that and lived to talk about it.
It gets to a point where we need to let people make their own decisions, stupid or not. Yes, parents should likely be making their kids wear helmets when they go for a bike ride, not because it's the law but because it makes sense. Bikes can go fast, you're elevated off the ground. You fall and bam. Coma. Maybe. But it's insane to start forcing this type of all-encompassing legislation on the world, or city in this case. As I said, there are some activities where it's just common sense to wear protection (err, get your mind out of the gutter, that's not what I'm talking about). And what, the city has so many extra bylaw officers that they are going to start hanging out at skate parks giving kids tickets? Yeah right. The average teenager will tell said officer to fuck off, while a helmet-less seven-year-old will just burst into tears and run home, likely getting hit by a car in the process.
If this bylaw does pass, you can't start giving kids tickets. How the hell can you? The average kid doesn't carry ID, so what's the bylaw guy or gal going to write on the ticket when the youngster exercises his right to remain silent (I might watch too many cop shows).
As for toboggan hills, how often have you seen kids riding a crazy carpet wearing a ski helmet? Not many, because unless you are sledding near trees, which is idiotic to begin with, what are you going to hit your head on.
Once again, City of Ottawa, there are more pressing issues.