The latest issue of CCN News contained an article about the EDM that BHIT is trying to get through
Parliament, and it seems that BHIT is being funded by the taxpayer, that's you and me. Now I don't
know about you, but I object to my taxes going to support fanatics who are prepared to say and do
anything to force their misguided view of the universe upon me, so I have asked my MP to find out
how much they are getting and from whom, and to stop the getting it: text of letter follows.
Anyone else wishing to have their taxes spent on something slightly more useful than BHIT i.e.
anything, might like to consider writing something along the same lines.
"Dear *****,
RE: British Helment Initiative Trust (BHIT)
Further to my recent letter, 12/11/03, about the EDM (1983) submitted on behalf of BHIT, I would be
grateful if you could confirm that BHIT is in receipt of government funding, and what this funding
consists of, which departments provide it and precisely how much.
If BHIT are in receipt of public funds, then I would ask you to investigate immediately withdrawing
any such, and to prevent their access to any public money whatsoever. The grounds for doing so are
that they have deliberately misled Parliament and MPs with the figures given in their EDM, and that
they cannot be trusted to behave in an honest manner.
BHIT has a long inglorious track record of exaggeration, misrepresentation and distortion, and are
obsessed with making cyclists wear helmets, no matter that the evidence does not support them. It
cannot be right that the general public should be forced to fund a group of fanatics who have no
interest in the health of the general public, only in compelling them to wear something which will
only give them a false sense of security."