Wearing a helmet on the road

[slinky]

I've got a silly idea, but I thought I'd run it past the SP&L folks first..

Is it legal to wear a helmet whilst driving a car on the public road?

Ta..

slinky

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

...as long as it's not on back to front...

why wouldn't it be?

...but you don't want to enter the bank/bookies with it on...

[r5gttgaz]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

...as long as it's not on back to front...

why wouldn't it be?

...but you don't want to enter the bank/bookies with it on...

No, you need traditional muslim dress for that.

[fish]

Nope I wear one with the Atom

If it were in a closed car I imagine you may get more attention but I don't believe it is illegal.

[slinky]

I was thinking of one of these for winter time top down dawn raids...

Ebay

he he he...

[insanojackson]

As long as you can see the road ahead its fine, everyone will think your crazy though!

[julianc]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

...as long as it's not on back to front...

[Moo Moo]

Slinky,

I have seen a caterham driver using one of those helmets. Looks well cool. Getting one myself :-)

[cheeky]

at £15 will it protect your bonce?

[Flat in Fifth]

Once saw a chap touring Scotland in a vintage 3-litre Bentley whilst wearing a Wing Commander Bigglesworth type leather flying helmet.

Comment from the pavement was "How to look an utter prat.... and yet get away with it completely."

[eccles]

cheeky said:

at £15 will it protect your bonce?

most definately not!

aircraft bone domes are designed for a totally different criteria than car/bike crash helmets, and will not protect your bonce to nearly the same degree as a proper helmet.

is it really worth the risk just for the look?

[GKP]

I think the lid (in this case) is more to stop bugs and stones etc from hurting like a hurty thing when travelling at more than walking pace, rather than offering full bonce protection.

[Fer]

I do when it is raining, or looks like rain. Even small drops at 60 mph sting!

[superlightr]

Fer said:

I do when it is raining, or looks like rain. Even small drops at 60 mph sting!

whimp

you know your THE MAN when you delibertly drive behind a gritter in a screenless 7.
Hard or wot!

[jasandjules]

I drove in a hailstorm with the roof down once. Not deliberately, just it used to take me ages to get the lid on the S and I thought if I drove quick enough I would be ok, which I was, until I got to the traffic lights........

I have seen plenty of people driving vintage cars with the vintage biggles look so I can't see it being illegal.

[tigger1]

Definitely not illegal to wear a helmet, so long as it doesn't stop you being able to see the road.

Bee strike at anything over 20mph is painful...stones are worse!

[slinky]

cheeky said:

at £15 will it protect your bonce?

not concerned about bonce protection, other than from the elements, conkers falling out of trees etc etc...

Just thought it would be a bit of fun... (and would also serve as entertaining head gear for riding our new pit transport next season...)

[LRdriver II]

Same here... I wanted a StarWars tie-fighter helmet when driving the aeroscreened 7. Just need to make sure the vizor is stoneproof (Hence I wear Oakley M-Frames as they are proven to be shotgun proof)

[Fer]

LRdriver II said:

(Hence I wear Oakley M-Frames as they are proven to be shotgun proof)

Not sure I want to know how people know this.

[cmsapms]

superlightr said:

Fer said:

I do when it is raining, or looks like rain. Even small drops at 60 mph sting!

whimp

you know your THE MAN when you delibertly drive behind a gritter in a screenless 7.
Hard or wot!

Gritters might be painful, but at least it's nice and warm behind them. I do the same behind buses sometimes when I can no longer feel my face*. The clouds of particulate ridden fumes do a great job of thawing me out. The only time I've worn a helmet in the Westy was on a sub zero rainy trip from Huddersfield to Anglesey, and then only 'til the rain changed to drizzle.

Paul
*I never know if it's my face or fingers that are numb