Should full gear be made compulsory? (Full-face helmet, jacket, pants, boots, gloves)

[BAD DAD]

Voted "No". NZ society already suffers from too much ECD: excessive compulsion disorder.

[Xaria]

Uni has just restarted here in Dunedin and yesterday I saw about a dozen more scooters around, no one wearing more safety gear than a helmet - which in two cases was a cycle helmet, generally wearing shorts or skirts and a tshirt. There was even two bikes where they were doubled up. I know they aren't going too fast but still an impact at 50km with no gear would still not be fun.

[The Pastor]

if it were legal requirement to wear full gear, its just another thing they would fine us for.

[The Pastor]

Uni has just restarted here in Dunedin and yesterday I saw about a dozen more scooters around, no one wearing more safety gear than a helmet - which in two cases was a cycle helmet, generally wearing shorts or skirts and a tshirt. There was even two bikes where they were doubled up. I know they aren't going too fast but still an impact at 50km with no gear would still not be fun.

The way I think about it is, would you run as fast as you can wearing what you would wear on the scooter and then jump onto the road? How much faster does a scooter go.

[Mikkel]

Just a thought - make sure to inform your pillion of the dangers of motorcycling. They might want to prepare for things like this:

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=CsDjWS...eature=related

[BOGAR]

Voted NO but after doing a course in Hamilton and seeing what seemed like endless slides of various accidents , you wont catch me without the best gear that i can afford on. Still trying to get boots but the rest is as good as i can get. just don't like someone else telling me what is should and should not wear.