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"Peter McCallum" wrote in message news:1gmj3nz.1jciiilafsituN%p5m8.REMOVETHIS@yahoo. com.au... Now, given that I have a family history of skin cancer and am living in the state with the world's highest incidence of melanoma, snip I can't attach a broad brim to my helmet because the manufacturer says it would be illegal to do so. You need one of these. Some fellow cyclists in my touring club use them. http://skin-savers.com/Action_Wear/index.html (scroll to bottom of the page) Cheers Peter |
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Peter Signorini wrote:
You need one of these. Some fellow cyclists in my touring club use them. http://skin-savers.com/Action_Wear/index.html (scroll to bottom of the page) Cheers Peter looks good. up here several people have cut up straw hats and made a sort of broad brimmed helmet as well. the situation is the same legally though. the warning on the helmet says no attachments other than those approved by the manufacturer. i spoke to rosebank and they said they don't approve any attachments because the performance of the helmet is then untested. i suppose people might say that i'm being a little pedantic but the cop that booked me had a look at the helmet i was carrying in my trailer with the shopping and threatened to arrest me if i rode off wearing it because it did not have an australian standards sticker inside and he said it therefore didn't comply. having been in to the mackay traffic branch and seen that about one third of their files relate to bicycle offences (i assume they are 90 per cent helmets at least) it seems they are well aware of the law, even if they don't have an accurate interpretation of it. peter -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA |
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"Gemma Kernich" wrote in message ... "DRS" wrote in message ... It's $100 in Victoria (Rule 256(1) & (3)). As an aside, it's theoretically possible to get an exemption from the requirement to wear an "approved hemet" (Rule 256(5)) but I have no idea on what grounds or whether it's ever actually happened. In SA there's a legal exemption for people of the Sikh religion (as they'd have to remove their turbans to wear a helmet correctly). So there you go! Anyone may seek an exemption from the Minister for Transport though. If you had an odd-shaped head, or a large growth, or a head so massive a helmet wouldn't fit, or something else like that I reckon you'd have a chance at an exemption. Gemma I got an exemption years ago for trigeminal neuralgia. The helmet irritated the nerve and triggered Bell's Palsy. No probs now though. I bought a decent helmet rather than the bucket job that was causing problems. Me |
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ritcho wrote: I think you're getting there P, a helmet troll combined with a jab that is based on nationalistic lines. Keep throwing that line in the water, though I know a much better spot... rec.bicycles.misc (!) He's got a good point though. I was in the Netherlands a couple o weeks ago, and helmets there are totally nonexistant. A couple o people that I was working with, upon hearing that I was a bike nut asked about helmets in Aust. It's interesting to see that there's an almost perfect invers relationship between the number of cyclists in a country and the rat of helmet use. Regards, Suzy (who resents helmet laws, as she sees them as another symptom of community that wants to marginalise cyclists -- suzyj |
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suzyj Wrote: ritcho wrote: I think you're getting there P, a helmet troll combined with a jab that is based on nationalistic lines. Keep throwing that line in the water, though I know a much better spot... rec.bicycles.misc (!) He's got a good point though. I was in the Netherlands a couple o weeks ago, and helmets there are totally nonexistant. A couple o people that I was working with, upon hearing that I was a bike nut asked about helmets in Aust. It's interesting to see that there's an almost perfect invers relationship between the number of cyclists in a country and the rat of helmet use. Regards, Suzy (who resents helmet laws, as she sees them as another symptom of community that wants to marginalise cyclists) Welcome back Suzy, was Netherlands a holiday? Anyway, Good point or not, he had three goes at kicking off an (anti-)helme war and no goes at all at answering the OP's question. Perhaps I coul have put a smiley there? Ritc -- ritcho |
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On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:13:19 +1100, ritcho wrote:
suzyj Wrote: ritcho wrote: I think you're getting there P, a helmet troll combined with a jab that is based on nationalistic lines. Keep throwing that line in the water, though I know a much better spot... rec.bicycles.misc (!) He's got a good point though. I was in the Netherlands a couple of weeks ago, and helmets there are totally nonexistant. A couple of people that I was working with, upon hearing that I was a bike nut, asked about helmets in Aust. It's interesting to see that there's an almost perfect inverse relationship between the number of cyclists in a country and the rate of helmet use. Regards, Suzy (who resents helmet laws, as she sees them as another symptom of a community that wants to marginalise cyclists) Welcome back Suzy, was Netherlands a holiday? Anyway, Good point or not, he had three goes at kicking off an (anti-)helmet war and no goes at all at answering the OP's question. Perhaps I could have put a smiley there? Ritch I protest! I was trying to kick off an anticompulsion war! Not an antihelmet war! Peter -- If you are careful enough in life, nothing bad -- or good -- will ever happen to you. |
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ritcho wrote: Welcome back Suzy, was Netherlands a holiday? Unfortunately not. It was for a conference. I did manage to squeez in some sightseeing though, including a couple of good rides on th weekends. Regards, Suz -- suzyj |
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