Wearing helmet in car.
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Sounds like sense to me, the damage that could happen to your eyes is more than enough reason to wear one, or at least something to cover your eyes. Met a chap on holiday who had a bumble bee fly into his eye when he was out mountain biking. It stung him for his trouble. His said it was not an experience he'd like to repeat ...
Steve.
Steve.
hertsbiker said:
bluesandtwos said: I have worn a lid a few times on the road - aero screened Caterhams really do need it - however if you are wearing a full face bikers lid inside your BMW 5 series I would ecxpect to end up getting pulled.
why?
Something about trying to goad people into racing perhaps
bluesandtwos said: I have worn a lid a few times on the road - aero screened Caterhams really do need it - however if you are wearing a full face bikers lid inside your BMW 5 series I would ecxpect to end up getting pulled.
They'd probably call it 'perverting the cause of justice' just because they couldn't identify the driver on the Truvelo picture.
Anyway, I need a tinted visor on mine because I can either wear my sunglasses when the early morning sun is blinding me (and hence focus very far), or I can keep my normal glasses on and put a helmet with tinted faceplate on
dont laugh but I have over a course of a week driven in a normal car with a helmet on. :haha:
as it was a new helmet and I wanted to bed it in and get used to is before I went on track in the 7 with it.
did get some funny looks but at least they could only see my eyes!
The Eyes Never lie. No Fear.
>> Edited by superlightr on Monday 14th April 14:00
:haha: as it was a new helmet and I wanted to bed it in and get used to is before I went on track in the 7 with it.
did get some funny looks but at least they could only see my eyes!
The Eyes Never lie. No Fear.
>> Edited by superlightr on Monday 14th April 14:00
Have investigated this in detail with Police locally and also Motor Sports Association ( RAC as was ). There is no reason why one cannot wear a helmet or other headgear in a car. In Stage Rallying where helmets are worn on the special stages off the roads, it can be inconvenient to take the helmet off for a couple of miles to the next one. A few organisers demand competitors take helmets off on the public road to placate the anti’s ( although same anti’s are going to get wound up just seeing competition cars around – IMO they can take their narrow minded views elsewhere )
It had been suggested that a ‘not in proper control’ offence could fitted up if some officer did not like the idea – based on limitation of peripheral vision by helmet. That is absurd as it would also apply to bikers – and the 3 helmets we have chjecked here do not reduce peripheral vision in any way.
So if you want to wear a helmet in a 5 series – carry on.
It had been suggested that a ‘not in proper control’ offence could fitted up if some officer did not like the idea – based on limitation of peripheral vision by helmet. That is absurd as it would also apply to bikers – and the 3 helmets we have chjecked here do not reduce peripheral vision in any way.
So if you want to wear a helmet in a 5 series – carry on.
I've never understood why we have to take off our helmet between stages - surely the sight of a multi-coloured car covered in decals with numbers on the doors is enough of a heart stopper for the antis ...
As for wearing one in a 5 series - you'd just look as if you were on your way to rob a bank
As for wearing one in a 5 series - you'd just look as if you were on your way to rob a bank
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