A 33-year-old housewife in the city of Kure phoned the Chugoku Shimbun one day to convey her concern about her sixth-grade son. He will be attending a junior high school starting next spring and will be traveling there by bicycle, but he does not want to wear a helmet because he does not like its design.
When she explained it's important for his safety, her son said, "Then why don't high school students have to wear one?"
Many children that cycle to school wearing a helmet tend to be junior high school students.