whatever. I 'll figure it out on my own.[:'(]

 

I would check with your local ABATE rep. It's all going to depend on how your law is written. Here is a link to the controversey in Michigan ... maybe it will help you. http://www.atch.com/abate/

California here http://usff.com/hldl/hlstatutes/californiahl.html

This looks promising: http://usff.com/calbolt/index.html

 

Join ABATE!

 

Dude,

YouREALLY need to learn how to search...

took me about 45 seconds to find this (just googled 'california vehicle codes'):

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/wa...ction=retrieve


Look at section 27802(b) - it states that non-approved helmets cannot be sold...so you could argue that you assumed it was an acceptable lid.

27802. (a) The department may adopt reasonable regulations
establishing specifications and standards for safety helmets offered
for sale, or sold, for use by drivers and passengers of motorcycles
and motorized bicycles as it determines are necessary for the safety
of those drivers and passengers. The regulations shall include, but
are not limited to, the requirements imposed by Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard No. 218 (49 C.F.R. Sec. 571.218) and may include
compliance with that federal standard by incorporation of its
requirements by reference. Each helmet sold or offered for sale for
use by drivers and passengers of motorcycles and motorized bicycles
shall be conspicuously labeled in accordance with the federal
standard which shall constitute the manufacturer's certification that
the helmet conforms to the applicable federal motor vehicle safety
standards.
(b) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, for use by a driver
or passenger of a motorcycle or motorized bicycle any safety helmet
which is not of a type meeting requirements established by the
department.

 

Good luck with that ticket. Just what you need. "When it rains, it pours".

 

Ain't going to do you any good. In 2002 I was ticketed in Manhattan Beach for a non-dot helmet, and the Dep. Sheriff confiscated the helmet for 'evidence'. Fortunately a friend on a bagger had his wife's helmet and that got me home, otherwise I would have had to leave the bike there. Total cost of the ticket was around $300 bucks. Problem with the law is that YOU have to prove your helmet is DOT approved, they don't have to prove it isn't. Did Santa Monica PD site you, or was it the Sheriff's. Maybe different fines.

 

LAPD in Venice...Always gettin tickets in Venice...

 

Leave the ammo at home. Do not, I repeat, do not pack in the courtroom.

 

maybe the lid was recently painted and the sticker was removed

 

Sometimes it ain't rain. Sometimes it's just another case of someone pissin' in the wind.

DJK