Are you a fashion conscious rider?

**Hawkeye** · 26th July 2006, 13:12

I sat at the lights on the way into work today. A very busy intersection in Welly, 3 lanes of traffic merging with another 2 lanes from the right (Coming from Thorndon along by the Train Station).
A very nice young lady pulled up alongside on a scooter. Little pink shoes matching the little pink jacket and matching pink fingerless gloves. Obviously very fashion conscious.

Stupid but fashionable!!!!!

She was not the only one I saw. Must have passed about 10 scooters along Thorndon and I would say only one had any kind of protection.

It never fails to amaze me, the stupidity of some of the scooter riders out there.

**kickingzebra** · 26th July 2006, 13:24

Yes, I am. I am still waiting for my pink racing suit.

Suggested to a girl on a scooter at the servo, that she try rubbing her ski gloves along the chip seal, to see how well they would hold up, amongst other things, The next time I see her, she is telling me she has started practising emergency braking!!
A life changed for the better!!

**vifferman** · 26th July 2006, 13:40

Although I agree it's dumb, I can understand it. For most people, a scooter's just a faster bicycle, and to have to buy expensive protective gear, put it on, carry it about, store it, etc. is just too much trouble.
I picked one scooterist up off the road a few years ago after a collision with a car, and every time since then that I've seen him, he's still not wearing adequate protection, so it didn't give him the learn.

His choice.

I'd rather that than mandated safety gear. The SafetyNazis have given us too many rules and regs already, phukkem.

**Squeak the Rat** · 26th July 2006, 13:51

I do 50kph on my bicycle frequently and wouldn't dream of wearing anything more than my skin tight lycra one piece suit

(baggies, t-shirt, gloves and helmet actually).

What's the difference?

But Hawkeye I see your point. A lot of it is ignorance, but some is choice.

I guess if it is an issue we could lower the speed limit

**Str8 Jacket** · 26th July 2006, 13:58

Fashion is EVERYTHING, jeez dont you guy's know ANYTHING?!

**GR81** · 26th July 2006, 14:06

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Fashion is EVERYTHING, jeez dont you guy's know ANYTHING?!

clearly not

**limbimtimwim** · 26th July 2006, 14:06

Me? No.

But the more well dressed women in scooters and bikes, the better.

Though I will look pretty special when I get my metallic pink helmet.

**Str8 Jacket** · 26th July 2006, 14:13

Originally Posted by limbimtimwim

Though I will look pretty special when I get my metallic pink helmet.

I wondered when you were getting a helmet to match your leathers! When you getting the bike painted?

**limbimtimwim** · 26th July 2006, 14:33

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

I wondered when you were getting a helmet to match your leathers! When you getting the bike painted?

As soon as you let me a unit of blood. Watered down, makes a nice pink.

**bert_is_evil** · 26th July 2006, 16:32

Don't you people realise scooters riders don't require safety equipment because they have smaller cc engines and therefore are never involved in accidents?

**James Deuce** · 26th July 2006, 17:43

Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat

I do 50kph on my bicycle frequently and wouldn't dream of wearing anything more than my skin tight lycra one piece suit

(baggies, t-shirt, gloves and helmet actually).

As I keep telling cyclists who give me shit about riding a motorcycle, a cyclist is just 100kg of cheap mince in a lycra bag.

You choice though. Except I would be a little bit pissy if I hadn't accessed the ACC account quite so much, because I really would like to know why cyclists don't have to pay an ACC levy to ride on the road.

**Indiana_Jones** · 26th July 2006, 17:48

I'm fashion conscious when I ride

I quite like to wear my McQueenish style cream pants

-Indy

**Squeak the Rat** · 26th July 2006, 17:52

Originally Posted by Jim2

As I keep telling cyclists who give me shit about riding a motorcycle, a cyclist is just 100kg of cheap mince in a lycra bag.

You choice though. Except I would be a little bit pissy if I hadn't accessed the ACC account quite so much, because I really would like to know why cyclists don't have to pay an ACC levy to ride on the road.

Same reason pedestrians don't have to pay ACC to cross the road.....

Actually I don't ride on the road much anymore, too many idiots in cars trying to kill me. Prefer mountain biking but have to sell the bike due to one too many concussions....

so might have to get back on the road to keep fit. And of course mountain biking doesn't contribute much to ACC stats.....

**James Deuce** · 26th July 2006, 17:55

Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat

Same reason pedestrians don't have to pay ACC to cross the road.....

Sorry that's not an answer. That's LTNZ reasoning if I ever saw it. Cyclists don't cross the road, they block whole lanes of highway, travelling in the same direction of the traffic for 10s, and sometimes 100s of kilometers. I'd still like to know why they don;t pay an ACC levy.