Keith whaley wrote: > Part of Frank's settlement ought to be to have that obviously > biased traffic cop reassigned to the garbage truck detail... > > Speaking of helmets, our local motorcycle shop has about 8 > "used" helmets hung up above their accessories counter, > showing how much abrasion a helmet takes. > A couple of the full face helmets which were almost > completely worn thru by rough pavement make you a real > believer! Had that been a helmetless rider, if he didn't die > from the terrible road contact, he would have been disfigured > and have gone thru so much plastic surgery! > No, helmets are truly essential pieces of gear. > > when I think of the years before general public availability > and acceptance of helmets, back when I wore a Harley Davidson > soft cap and moccasins... well, it just makes me shudder to > think of how vulnerable I really was!
A few weeks ago, I came close to buying a Yamaha RD350LC YPVS - I had one some years ago. It's not just protection to your head you require; it's some form of 'second sight'. Locally to me, we have traffic calming measures of speed humps and/or tables (quite often find oncoming traffic on your side of the road avoiding them) and coupled with the neglect and poor road surface repairs, even an empty road requires the sort of concentration riding two wheels that eliminates any pleasure from riding. Add the traffic back in, and the high speeds on minor roads without speed cameras, where motorists make up for the time on the roads with them on, and I feel safe only in my Land-Rover. Over here, the emergency services refer to motorcyclists and cycle riders as 'organ donors' :-( Malcolm
