Breaking news! Jeans will protect your skin in a crash!

[The Singing Chef]

Has anybody else seen these around?

It's amazing to see how they promote safety on scooters, it gets worse and worse!
Might just sell my leathers and buy a few good pairs of jeans then huh.

[Katman]

The reality is that we're never going to get scooter riders wearing leather (to be honest, it would look a bit silly).

The frustrating part is ACC's myopic focus on safety gear being the cure for all our ills.

I attended a meeting with a woman from ACC recently where I was told that ACC's primary focus is on reducing the severity of injuries from accidents.

I said, "but wouldn't it be better to place the primary focus on reducing the accidents in the first place?"

I don't think she got it. It clearly takes too much effort to move the ambulance to the top of the cliff.

[oneofsix]

The reality is that we're never going to get scooter riders wearing leather (to be honest, it would look a bit silly).

The frustrating part is ACC's myopic focus on safety gear being the cure for all our ills.

I attended a meeting with a woman from ACC recently where I was told that ACC's primary focus is on reducing the severity of injuries from accidents.

I said, "that's great but wouldn't it be better to place the primary focus on reducing the accidents in the first place?"

I don't think she got it. It clearly takes too much effort to move the ambulance to the top of the cliff.

There you go the problem is in your last sentence. Your solution the ambulance wouldn't be required at all and you would place a soft, impact absorbent barrier at the top of the cliff.

[darkwolf]

Wow!

I know of at least one person who has come off on a scooter, wearing jeans and spent over a fortnight in hospital. One of which required skin grafts.

At least it is better than shorts, but would it not have been better to show a before and after of someone on a scooter with shorts and a t-shirt and then show them grazed to the bone with a message like "got Cover?"

[oneofsix]

Has anybody else seen these around?

It's amazing to see how they promote safety on scooters, it gets worse and worse!
Might just sell my leathers and buy a few good pairs of jeans then huh.

That makes sense of a sign I saw yesterday. I wondered why it just looked like woven cloth they were saying would protect the scooter rider, thought it might have been some new toughened cloth.

[Scuba_Steve]

The reality is that we're never going to get scooter riders wearing leather (to be honest, it would look a bit silly).

I don't know? just depends on the outfit...


But then also, their on a scooter... they already look "a bit silly"

[Katman]

There you go the problem is in your last sentence. Your solution the ambulance wouldn't be required at all and you would place a soft, impact absorbent barrier at the top of the cliff.

Ambulance = metaphor.

[F5 Dave]

Well clearly the most effective way to avoid the costs is to deter people riding those dangerous 2 wheeled things in the first place.

Before i could afford leathers I used 2 pairs of jeans. one grips & rips & the other gives a second or two more protection. Outer big jeans could be cheapo brand.

[The Singing Chef]

The reality is that we're never going to get scooter riders wearing leather (to be honest, it would look a bit silly).

The frustrating part is ACC's myopic focus on safety gear being the cure for all our ills.

I attended a meeting with a woman from ACC recently where I was told that ACC's primary focus is on reducing the severity of injuries from accidents.

I said, "but wouldn't it be better to place the primary focus on reducing the accidents in the first place?"

I don't think she got it. It clearly takes too much effort to move the ambulance to the top of the cliff.

I was testing out a scooter for a friend and had ridden there so had full leathers and back protector on, jumped on the scooter and felt really weird and then I saw myself in a shop window and couldn't stop laughing.

But leather isn't the only option, there is a range of reasonably priced textile gear available along with gloves etc...
The message just needs to be that your pitiful dress that billows in the wind won't save you sunshine.
And yes, I do agree that they need to focus on reducing the accidents in the first place, maybe when someone takes charge that has half a brain going..

[Reido]

I originally thought it was advertising kevlar jeans. But that would make too much sense.

[unstuck]

Went from Gore to Tapanui(43kms) and back once on a FA50 on a scorching hot day in full leathers,couldnt get the damn thing to go fast enough to cause a good breeze.Man I looked cool though.

[F5 Dave]

I once got pulled over on my RG50 wearing my full leathers (as why would the bike size or style affect what you wear? 50k off could still rip you to bits in crap gear). I was told his police intuition told him something was wrong with this picture.

I was pretty P'd off that I was being harassed for being responsible.

[slofox]

That poster suggests that the cloth WILL protect your skin. It omits the reality of "might help" to protect your skin.

Meh. I'll stick with the cow suit thanks.

[spinergy]

I once got pulled over on my RG50 wearing my full leathers (as why would the bike size or style affect what you wear? 50k off could still rip you to bits in crap gear). I was told his police intuition told him something was wrong with this picture.

I was pretty P'd off that I was being harassed for being responsible.

I would have just kept laughing at him till he felt like a dick and drove away...

[SMOKEU]

I binned a bike wearing jeans and then I had stones going through my skin.