Novelty helmets...What's the point?
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From: BC, Canada
A friend of mine is a traffic cop in Alberta and I asked him about the novelty helmets, up here they get you a fine and your bike towed unless you have a real DOT approved helmet with you. I have the smallest DOT you can buy and the funny thing is that it is the only helmet that really fits my head and it' not freakishly huge.
Steve
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From: Alberta, Canada
yup, riding to alberta is the only reason I have a dot helmet. I like my beenee as it traps less heat on your head and stops the bugs from squishing into my hair. the way BC laws are written you only need a hard shell with a soft lining and a strap to be leagal, but sooner or later that will change.
Steve
Steve
The only exception to the Act and Regulations are those riders adhering to the Motorcycle Safety Helmet Exemption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 237/99;
1 The following persons are exempt from the requirements of section 221 of the Motor Vehicle Act:
(a) a person who
(i) practices the Sikh religion; and
(ii) has unshorn hair and habitually wears a turban composed of 5 or more square meters of cloth.
1 The following persons are exempt from the requirements of section 221 of the Motor Vehicle Act:
(a) a person who
(i) practices the Sikh religion; and
(ii) has unshorn hair and habitually wears a turban composed of 5 or more square meters of cloth.
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Why do the DOT riders seem to be so militant, or is it jealousy, against the novelty riders. This is supposed to be a free country where free people are free to take risks and responsible (insurance) for themselves when those risks go awry? Why not you make your choice, I won't complain; and let me make my choice without you complaining.
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Back in here.
I'm so very grateful and fortunate to have so many concerned over my well being that they take exception to my personal choices. Be they the helmet I choose to wear or if I use my seat belts while driving.
But please, please, please stop worrying. I have it under control. I am a fully grown adult that has managed to stay alive for nearly 60 years without your help. I'm not on this forum asking anyone else to qualify their choice in women, bikes, helmets, beer, etc....so why are you?
So again I ask: please stop with the sanctimonious, self-righteous, " I know what's best for all of us" criticizing of others. It's not your job.
Now relax your sphincter and move on.
I'm so very grateful and fortunate to have so many concerned over my well being that they take exception to my personal choices. Be they the helmet I choose to wear or if I use my seat belts while driving.
But please, please, please stop worrying. I have it under control. I am a fully grown adult that has managed to stay alive for nearly 60 years without your help. I'm not on this forum asking anyone else to qualify their choice in women, bikes, helmets, beer, etc....so why are you?
So again I ask: please stop with the sanctimonious, self-righteous, " I know what's best for all of us" criticizing of others. It's not your job.
Now relax your sphincter and move on.
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Also, does anyone wear a Skid Lid? From what I understand they are the lowest profile DOT approved helmet. Opinons?
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A friend of mine is a traffic cop in Alberta and I asked him about the novelty helmets, up here they get you a fine and your bike towed unless you have a real DOT approved helmet with you. I have the smallest DOT you can buy and the funny thing is that it is the only helmet that really fits my head and it' not freakishly huge.
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Not sure what the criteria would be, but I have a Skull Crush (same as Head Trip).
Its a carbon fiber helmet, with some good padding. These are the helmets that lost their DOT certification over *puncture* issues. I don't think most head/helmet damage comes from something piercing the helmet, its about impact.
I'm not kidding myself about it, but they are better constructed than most novelties I've seen.
I do think that even DOT helmets are of limited value as well. Deaths due to head injuries are not about skull damage they are about fast deceleration where your brain sloshes around in your skull. I've read where DOT helmets can only provide cusioning to something like 17 MPH of decel, beyond that you're dead.
I often see news articles where the cop will say "if he was wearing a helmet, he'd be alive". Really? A cop can know what would have happened, medically, with that level of certainty? I doubt it.
I also think that there are situations where no helmet = dead and helmet= vegetative state. I'd prefer dead.
Its a carbon fiber helmet, with some good padding. These are the helmets that lost their DOT certification over *puncture* issues. I don't think most head/helmet damage comes from something piercing the helmet, its about impact.
I'm not kidding myself about it, but they are better constructed than most novelties I've seen.
I do think that even DOT helmets are of limited value as well. Deaths due to head injuries are not about skull damage they are about fast deceleration where your brain sloshes around in your skull. I've read where DOT helmets can only provide cusioning to something like 17 MPH of decel, beyond that you're dead.
I often see news articles where the cop will say "if he was wearing a helmet, he'd be alive". Really? A cop can know what would have happened, medically, with that level of certainty? I doubt it.
I also think that there are situations where no helmet = dead and helmet= vegetative state. I'd prefer dead.
