Comments on: Two Cents: Getting Noticed

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:53:40 +0000

I like that Shoei helmet! I think every manufacturer should make one like it. HJC has one that is more yellow, but I like the orange better.

By: Subaruzi

Subaruzi — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:56:12 +0000

I wear a the True Orange Shoei helmet and Like it quite a bit. i do feel a bit like the headless horseman being in all black except for the pumpkin on my head. I believe that it is such an integral part of my safety kit that if I wasn’t wearing it I might be a bit nervous. That being said I am probably going to get a vest too for when I move to New Orleans.

By: robotribe

robotribe — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:56:42 +0000

“Dorky” is in the eye of the beholder. There’s a lot about Europe that jives with my sensibilities (and some of it that doesn’t). In general, their motorcycling laws and the place bikers occupy in the daily urban scheme of things are one example that makes me laugh/cry at motorcycling/scootering (hell, CYCLING for that matter) here States-side.

Sure, there’s plenty of Nanny-laws over there, but logical no-brainer and perhaps life-saving everyday practices like hi-vis vests and filtering are make our antiquated practices over hear look amateur. As far hi-vis anything is concerned, at some point most riders make a choice between doing as much as they can to make themselves more visible to others with safety in mind, or doing so with fashion in mind.

I see more examples of the latter, as best shown by the popularity of black helmets, jackets and awesome black wife beater tanks that show off the tat-covered guns. To each their own, of course.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:25:54 +0000

That’s hilarious~~
If we do that in City I am sure we’ll get noticed! LOL~
Not to mention getting pulled over by the cops and get written up for Public lewdness…ha~

New York Penal Law

§ 245.00 Public lewdness. A person is guilty of public lewdness when he intentionally exposes the private or intimate parts of his body in a lewd manner or commits any other lewd act (a) in a public place, or (b) in private premises under circumstances in which he may readily be observed from either a public place or from other private premises, and with intent that he be so observed.

Public lewdness is a class B misdemeanor.