Honestly some bikers must have S#!T for brains

[Machiavelli]

you dont like being told what to wear and when so what gives you the right to tell others what to wear and when?

some of the replies here illustrate the thread title so well

Agreed, Badcat.

I think the basic fact of reality is that nobody can *make* anybody do or wear anything - and nobody on this thread who is suggesting it might be wiser to wear decent gear while riding believes this is anything more than a point of view.

Nobody is trying to be motorcycle nazi's and ruin everyone's day by introducing more of those nasty 'rules', or lobbying the government to pass bills making flouro vests and nametags that say, "Hi I'm a sissy", mandatory for all bikers.

All anyone is saying is that you can't PLAN to avoid crashes, that's why they call them 'accidents' and not 'intentionals'. In that case, when some cager eventually DOES run your sorry arse over, it'd be a whole lot more intelligent to walk away with skin still on you than play 'guess the sandpaper grade' with the asphalt.

Personally, all the people hellbent on activating their invisible super-invincibility auras instead of wearing motorcycle clothing encourage me. Statistically, I now realise I've got a lot less chance of maiming myself than I thought I had since I seem to be in the top fraction of people that prefer safety over convenience.

Yurr, personal freedom rulez!

[unhingedlizard]

To true. Anyone wearing less than good gear even going to the shops needs to know what it feels like to have 30mph gravel SCRUBBED from your leg.