It will never happen to me attitude

[Duke girl]

Why is it that you see Motorcyclist riding their bikes in Shorts, T-Shirts and Runners with the only piece of protection they are wearing is a Helmet.
Do they not think of the concequences of what could happen to them is they got bold off their machine and what the outcome could be for themselves.
Why protect your head if the rest of your body is left unprotected.

[slofox]

Coz dey's dummmmm..?

[Maha]

By law, a helmet is the only legal requirement (protection wise) that has to be worn while riding a motorcycle.

[evotime]

I got my learners about a year ago, haven't risen since but have now arranged to borrow a 250, I intended on wearing street clothes.
That's until while I was researching bike models on here I read a few forums talking about atgatt, they were enough to convince me.
Today I bought sidi boots, armoured gloves and 1tonne pants and jacket.

So don't dispear some people are listening.....
Now just a decent helmet to get, if I can find one that fits my large head

[Hitcher]

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Why protect your head if the rest of your body is left unprotected.

Where's the fun in that?

"Living dangerously" clearly doesn't come at a high enough cost, or motorcycling isn't as risky as some wowsers may like others to believe.

Even helmets. Most states in the United States of America -- the most litigious country on this planet -- allow motorcycles to be ridden by helmetless riders and pillions.

[bluninja]

I wait till there's been a rash of bike accidents where people are injured and then go out and ride in just a pair of beach shorts and a collander for a helmet. Who needs protection whn all the bike accidents have been used up? It never happens to me, only other people have accidents

[paturoa]

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By law, a helmet is the only legal requirement (protection wise) that has to be worn while riding a motorcycle.

Not quite - you also have to cover your dangly bits to protect others....

[unstuck]

Just seen a young dude going through town here on a scooter in sneakers, shorts and tee shirt, but he did have a helmet on. He came screaming up to the roundabout flat knacker and just about collided with a car. Would of been messy.

[Str8 Jacket]

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Would of been messy.

*have been.

[Genie]

I'm sure I've read this before....

[scumdog]

Meh, people drive cars not equiped with air-bags, ABS or stability-control.

And look at all the injury/fatal crashes involving cars like that....

ATGATT - ALL cars should be fitted with the above......

[unstuck]

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*have been.

Fank u .

[Milts]

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Meh, people drive cars not equiped with air-bags, ABS or stability-control.

And look at all the injury/fatal crashes involving cars like that....

ATGATT - ALL cars should be fitted with the above......

I thought legally all news cars had to be, to a large extent - it's just that retrospectively fitting that to old ones doesn't happen?

Addendum: this "won't happen to me" attitude is prolific throughout humanity, in all aspects (don't need to save I won't lose my job....I can join the army it's just others who get hurt...) not just motorcyclists. In fact there have even been medical studies on this phenomenom: here's a Medline publication labelled "why it won't happen to me" - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6536498

[scumdog]

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I thought legally all news cars had to be, to a large extent - it's just that retrospectively fitting that to old ones doesn't happen?

Addendum: this "won't happen to me" attitude is prolific throughout humanity, in all aspects (don't need to save I won't lose my job....I can join the army it's just others who get hurt...) not just motorcyclists. In fact there have even been medical studies on this phenomenom: here's a Medline publication labelled "why it won't happen to me" - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6536498

Nah, not ALL new cars have to have these gizmos -or to have all the gizmos.

And that is dead-right my friend, it is why 18 year olds were so keen to join the army during war-time - a subconscious thought that "It won't happen to me". (And we gave them the vote!)

[Berries]

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Why is it that you see Motorcyclist riding their bikes in Shorts, T-Shirts and Runners with the only piece of protection they are wearing is a Helmet.
Do they not think of the concequences of................

Why is it that you see motorcyclists riding their bikes in leather boots, leather gloves, leather jackets, making them look like a stormtrooper or something when they only need to get from A to B and statistically they are going to get to point B without falling off?

Why is it that you see motorcyclists? Do they not think of the consequences?

If you start thinking about consequences you wouldn't get out of bed in the morning. You certainly wouldn't be riding a motorbike.