With bicycle accidents occurring one after another all over the country, from this April all people who ride bicycles will be obligated to wear helmets regardless of age in order to protect the safety of users.

It will be more than a month until the implementation, and bicycle shops in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo are taking measures such as increasing the types of helmets they handle.

At a bicycle shop in Shibuya Ward, the number of customer inquiries about helmets has doubled since last year, so we are responding by increasing the number of products and expanding the area of ​​the sales floor.



The price of adult helmets in stores is about 5000 to 15,000 yen, and although safety does not change depending on the price, lightness and breathability are different.



Sales are brisk, and most of the relatively inexpensive items in the store's online store are out of stock, making it difficult for the store to purchase new items.



On the other hand, some people who purchased a new bicycle said that they were still reluctant to wear a helmet.



On the 27th, a mother with a 9-month-old son who came to receive a bicycle purchased at this store did not know that adults would be required to wear a helmet, so she postponed the purchase on this day.



This mother bought a bicycle to use for picking up and dropping off her child, and said, ``I think that I will be able to wear a helmet if I get used to it, but I feel that it is troublesome to wear it just by riding for 10 minutes. I would like to expect the design to come out," he said.



According to the store, many of the people who purchase new bicycles do not know that they are obliged to make efforts, so they put up posters and explained to customers by staff to encourage the spread of helmets. I want to continue



Yuta Karise, manager of "Cycle Base Asahi Sendagaya Dept", said, "I think there are many people who are not used to it, but bicycle accidents are life-threatening, so I would like to encourage adults to pay attention." .