Promoting helmetless scooterists

**Motorcycle Recovery** · 10th December 2011, 18:22

It's also pretty worrying to see he's not wearing his Hi Viz

**Woodman** · 10th December 2011, 18:40

This sort of dumb complaining about pointless shit is what has caused the nanny state we are in.

**rastuscat** · 10th December 2011, 20:05

Originally Posted by sleemanj

Is that for real? Never knew that.

Edit to add: really? You can't ride a push bike on the road without a helmet, and I doubt many push bikers go much more than 30k's an hour.

Blistered along at 32 once, almost passed out.

**rastuscat** · 10th December 2011, 20:05

Originally Posted by Woodman

This sort of dumb complaining about pointless shit is what has caused the nanny state we are in.

I wish to register a complaint...........

**FJRider** · 10th December 2011, 20:08

Originally Posted by Woodman

This sort of dumb complaining about pointless shit is what has caused the nanny state we are in.

That's not a complaint is it ... ??

**rastuscat** · 10th December 2011, 20:09

Originally Posted by FJRider

That's not a complaint is it ... ??

Looked like a complaint to me, and I should know, I've made a few........

**FJRider** · 10th December 2011, 20:11

Originally Posted by rastuscat

Looked like a complaint to me, and I should know, I've made a few........

Heard a few no doubt ...

**FuriousD** · 10th December 2011, 21:45

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

It's a movie ad .. I wouldn't worry about it .. everyone knows that it's illegal here to rider without helmets even on scooters

might wanna tell that to the dude down the road from me who always has his son on the back of his scooter with no helmet on riding down gillies ave!

**Berries** · 11th December 2011, 00:14

Ring Rastus, he'll post him a ticket.

**SMOKEU** · 11th December 2011, 11:23

Originally Posted by Hotkebab

How come members of the Sikh religion can go without helmets? Do they have like halo's around their heads or something protecting them?

They're going to blow themselves up with a suicide bomb anyway so it doesn't really matter.

**pritch** · 2nd January 2012, 20:18

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

They're going to blow themselves up with a suicide bomb anyway so it doesn't really matter.

Yeah, and what with Al Qaeda reportedly thinking of posing as Sikhs to hide a bomb in the turban, anyone with a turban is suspect. Auckland must be a dangerous place these days?

**caspernz** · 2nd January 2012, 20:59

Originally Posted by pritch

Yeah, and what with Al Qaeda reportedly thinking of posing as Sikhs to hide a bomb in the turban, anyone with a turban is suspect. Auckland must be a dangerous place these days?

Haha, yeah and to make it worse some of the fuel tanker drivers for one of the big four now include some members of the above mentioned group...