Exemptions to the helmet law

[Big Dog]

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[Big Dog]

+ this one = nuf said

[Kwaka-Kid]

hey great post bigdog, i reckon thats real kool...  I myself am slowly learning aobut saftey etc, and look at that, im/was A-stream student @ MRGS who never failed and exam and blah blah yadda yadda got SC and SFC scoring 2nd highest in Sixth form in both Business Studies and I.T (ok, that was my ego trip)... and after all that, i am only just realising now? it aint about intelligence, it just cant be... I even found myself out on the track today wihtout my Armadillo! i have 2 of the things and i only noticed after the 2nd session when Hoon came off and hit the armco... and i admit that still i was stoopid minded and tried turning down spankmes offer of using his (thanks spank) but had to ride the last 2-3 without...

But yeah, in all that my point was that i think we do need these laws etc because i AM intelligent (as most should be) enough to work out that it just is NOT economic enough to not wear a helmet (tickets)... and nice to see you parents caring for your kids! the only reason my dad made me ride to skool on my bicycle with a helmet on my head was because he said he wouldnt pay the fine! -being not too shabby @ simple math i managed to work out it was worth getting the cheap ass helmet as it was like cheaper then the fine (isnt it $75 fopr bicycle now?)

[twistymover]

Originally posted by Sharkey
Or how about a kevlar turban?

Great idea Sharkey!

[twistymover]

Originally posted by Big Dog
+ this one = nuf said

Good cartoon Big Dog. I think though that the man driving the car definitely also needs a helmet to protect against helmeted mozzies that crash through the windscreen. I'll write to Cornelius Fudge at The Ministry of Magic.

[bluninja]

I still believe that helmets (bicycle and motorbike) should be a matter of choice for adults to use or not use. My choice is to wear decent gloves, boots, helmet, backprotector and protective clothing with body armour at nearly all times. I have had one road traffic accident, and the gear I wore certainly saved my skin that day.

As for bicycles....I cycled through France without a helmet, my mate wore his all the time, except the last morning getting on the ferry. His front wheel slipped and he landed face first on the metal studs on the ferry deck. Fractured nose, broken teeth, and some severe lacerations on his face. I now wear a helmet on a bicycle...even though I've only managed 46mph top speed. A dude near where I lived rode in to the back of a parked car when blinded by sunstrike hit his head on the back of the car and died. It does happen. My children wear helmets...and given the state of the helmets from the number of spills in the back yard, I hate to think the number of dents and scarpes they would have on their heads.

On the track I've now had 4 spills in total. 1 had me surfing on the top of my helmet and an elbow and wore through the shell, 2 have had me on my front and cut into the chinguard. I may not be good looking, but I certainly prefer to have a chin, and a rounded cranium. On this evidence it would sugest that open face helmets should be banned, and only full faced worn compulsarily. I think in a really heavy impact with the head a helmet is more likely to cause a broken neck, and death or paralysis anyway. However for the bulk of accidents, at slwoer speeds and lower impacts they do save life and facial features.

TTFN

[Big Dog]

The reason open face helmets are still legit is because the odds of damaging the chinguard is only 1/1000, according to the Hurt report (of all the helmets totalled in accidents).

But the biggest plus has to be the lack of mozzies in my teeth.

[Kwaka-Kid]

yeah i must admit, over the few acc's ive had i had never damaged the chin piece, and usually just the top edge gets a slight gark, funny enuf ive hardly damaged a helmet in mine, always just roll... i was taught to relax and go with it prefaerably on your back for a slide... but even @ puke being thrown off (thats the fastest off ive had) i hit ground and instead of sliding i just roll, so i get up, and its like nothing is damaged?! only last time there was a rip up side of leathers, but thats just because the stitching was so old... anyways. iff so some random chicks 18th tonite, unfortunatly i have to drive my mates car coz of her R licence so i cant give those leathers another party-test     (to be honest im sure its more that i keep the helmet on so they dont see my face that first attracts them)

[Racey Rider]

Originally posted by Big Dog
..But the biggest plus has to be the lack of mozzies in my teeth.

Especially the mozzies with helmits on ha

[Big Dog]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
... but even @ puke being thrown off (thats the fastest off ive had)

You spilled already?

If so better luck next time.... Where are the photo's?

If not forgive my faith in gravity over any riders skill.

[Kwaka-Kid]

nooo silly! not on my racebike! im talking about ages ago, erm, march somtime i think on hte ZXR400! heh, sheeeesh, i dont plan on dumping the VFR (neither of them for that matter!) despite the fact that MANY 4wheeled clowns have tried already.. i get so mad, and that just makes me so frustrated because all that anger/madness, and this crappy pip squeek body i was cursed with? sheesh, what a waste of built up agression.

here was the beast... fucking great flight tho, better then any rollercoaster! pumped some mean adreneline.

[Big Dog]

Given the nature of previous posts I'm sure you will forgive me for asking is this a before or after shot of your repairs

[wkid_one]

PMPL

[750Y]

hey kk, you didn't throw that bike at the armco coming out of castrol did you?

[Marmoot]

(sorry for taking along time to reply)

No, I wasn't being sarcastic about protections in car. In fact, sometimes I considered wearing them when I'm heading to the twisties (hunua in cage, anyone? It's fun).

By the way, does anyone know whether it is illegal or not to wear helmets in car on public roads?