for fuck sakes are you lazy or stupid?
plenty of info out there showing that in fact many $100 helmets meet, and often exceed the safety ratings of $900 helmets.
if you arent intelligent enough to string together a combination of a few words like sharp, safety, helmet, ratings then you are beyond the help Im qualified to give
True. Once helmets meet the safety standard they must be safe, the gubbermint said so. More expensive lids should be more comfortable and may be quieter. They may be more stable at speed or they may be lighter. Then the fancy paint jobs cost more, some of them lots more.
It is extremely unlikely though that a $1500 hat is five times safer than a $300 hat.
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glad you could clarify for me that you are in fact stupid, and not just lazy.
the sharp ratings are independent.
and my most recent helmet purchase, within the last month in fact was around $700. not because of some falsely conceived idea of its superiority, but because it is a nicer fit for my skull.
Now go crawl back in your hole.
I think this is the dumbest road rule ever. Why do you have indicate that you're going straight. I'd rather be keeping an eye up and out for hazards then worry about my indicator because I'm not crossing the path of another vehicle.
If a roundabout has two lanes the outside is for straight through only and the inside is straight or right turn..
That other dumbest idea and that round about in Lower Hutt is a prefect example is putting pedestrian crossing where you can put a car at risk by making it stop in the round about.
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SHARP isn't a standard, it's a rating system and arguably a flawed one at that. The following article neglects to mention that unlike DOT, Snell, and ECE the SHARP system doesn't use a head form that simulates hair and scalp, both of which have a significant effect on helmet rotation during an oblique impact. SHARP also uses much lower energy direct and oblique angle anvil impacts.
http://www.revzilla.com/common-tread...ty-ratings-101
Underlying every production standard is the need to compromise affordability and capability so we can actually afford a helmet.
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Regardless of your exit, in a round about you must always indicate to exit. It's simple. Takes less thought than scratching your balls. Only indicate right if you're turning right. Shit that's easy.
People struggle with the simplest things, makes me wonder how difficult it would actually be to be a brain surgeon.
Agreed. Cheaper helmets are designed to pass whatever standard is relevant for that country.
Quality helmets will pass standards but also last a lot longer, be lighter, be more stable at speed, have decent warranties and have spare parts available.
I have read the Sharp testing system a while back, at the time I thought it was a budget testing system.
Interesting, I'd scoffed at Sharp when I learnt it didn't rate my Arai of the time as best pick. I then read it and came away fairly impressed that it was making a good stab of it. But that article shows that it only rates helmets that pass ECE and has 5 steps thereafter. Everything is compromise. Even that article has quite a bias. No sticker is a novelty helmet that offers no protection it slurs. Or hasn't been tested.
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In Taranaki the roundabouts tend to be miniatures. Some in Hawera are just painted in the middle of ordinary intersections. The indicators need to be operated as fast as you can possibly work them and people do just drive straight over them.
As for how difficult it is to be a brain surgeon, that's topical and a good question considering the dumb shit Ben Carson comes out with.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Wonder what they'd say about my "super-visor" which is attached via clips stuck to the ordinary visor, it's pretty lightweight plastic but probably counts as an illegal modification?
Can identify with the smaller roundabout issue, the gears on my current bike are so tall I have to feather the clutch and work the indicators at the same time, bit of a challenge for my limited co-ordination skills.
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There are a lot dumber rules, don't worry.
And clearly you have no idea what you are supposed to be doing.
The person sitting opposite you on a roundabout is wondering if they have to give way to you. Once you are on the roundabout, you have left the straight road you are on, and have entered a separate control area. If you indicate your exit, everyone knows what you are doing, and it just make traffic flow better. Less waiting.
Of course, the subtleties of such traffic flow issues escape many, who cant see past the needs of the person in their mirror.
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