Helmets and the CHP

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Nov 26, 2007 | 11:50 AM

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spikehyre

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RE: Helmets and the CHP

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That one I don't understand. There are ear phones and microphones for full face helmets as well as 3/4 helmets.

The microphone systems that police use have to be easy to disconnect from the bike radio when the officer dismounts. The one I've seen in Full face helmets don't usually fit into that category. Plus have your ever heard a motor officer on a police radio with a full face helmet. It's like talking to Darth Vader.

I'm sure the choice of helmet styles is purely a practical choice for the officers wearing them. What with the service pistol, the stun gun, the night stick, the hand cuffs and the uniform with the over-the-shin knee high leather boots, the effect is brutally militant and intimidating to the average Joe or Jane Public no matter what style helmet the cop wears...

I used to date a girl that had all that stuff....I kinda liked it.

Nov 28, 2007 | 09:26 PM

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eleutheros

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RE: Helmets and the CHP

THIS IS THE MOST HILARIOUS STRING I'VE EVER SEEN ON THIS FORUM!!!!!

THE WHOLE THING SAYS "DON'T WEAR A FULL FACE HELMET"!

1) helmet laws suck
2) most of those reasons can apply to anyone
3) the world is changing and I'm too stubborn (old) to change with it, and thus can't stand hearing "I wear a full face for safety", but then wear fingerless gloves, shorts, no boots, short sleeve shirts, etc. If the helmet is a problem, then the bike is a problem. If someone is too uncomfortable to ride with a 3/4 or 1/2, then a training class would be good. Just please don't force it down the throat of the rest of us.

Nov 30, 2007 | 12:23 AM

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Paniolo

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RE: Helmets and the CHP

I'm sure the choice of helmet styles is purely a practical choice for the officers wearing them. What with the service pistol, the stun gun, the night stick, the hand cuffs and the uniform with the over-the-shin knee high leather boots, the effect is brutally militant and intimidating to the average Joe or Jane Public no matter what style helmet the cop wears...

I'm sure it can be to some folks, at least to thosewho tend to shy away from people in uniforms in general. But the modern day motor officer uniform, is based somewhat on the uniform of Cavalry Soldiers. The boots and "Breeches", as the pants are called, harken back to the days of Horse Soldiers. Some departments even keep the leg stripe running down the outside of pants of the motor officers, something which patrolman in cars sometimes do not have. Some departments referr to the motor officers as "Mounted Units" keeping with their history and tying them back to those days.

Nov 30, 2007 | 01:22 AM

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Kolni

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RE: Helmets and the CHP

Never had any cops uniform ever scare me.

Nov 30, 2007 | 04:46 AM

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espacef1fan

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California state law is for a DOT approved helmet.

As a military rider in California I also thought it was funny that the Marine Corps requires us to wear long sleeves but most CHP motor cops wear short sleeves when its hot out.

Guess they are too good to get hit by the soccer mom on her cell phone.

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I find it funny that they say long sleevs are safe..yet they dont sepcify any material requirements.....so that dress shirt you wore at the battalion ball..or something..yep...thatll do....ZERO protection...but its required for safety....hmm...

Nov 30, 2007 | 08:32 AM

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In the police motor school I attended, and the MSF I coach out here, the riders are required to have long sleeves. I even ask it of my Ride Like A Pro students. The MSF asks that the sleves be pulled all the way to the wrists. I ask only for elbow coverage halfway to the wrist. A 3/4 baseball jersey is fine for me. Now yes, the speeds that we are riding are for the most part slow walking speeds. And while I do instruct the proper way to step off and away from a falling bike, I have seen riders take a tumble when learning to lock the bars, and lean the bike. Some stay on their feet (those who keep their head and eyes up), others go all the way down (those who look down at the ground). Those who tumble usually have their elbows of their shirts scuffed up,little else. Had theybeen in short sleeves, or a tank top, their elbowsmight have gotten slow speed road rash.

Nov 30, 2007 | 08:50 AM

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AZdryheat

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RE: Helmets and the CHP

As an LEO, it's been my experience that you wear what the Chief tells you to wear and ride what he tells you to ride. Our motors wear Arai 3/4 helmets. One motor told me it is the first helmet where he can actually feel the the ventilation.