FIRST MUPPET SPOTTED THIS YEAR

Originally Posted by lynw

But a lot of people in what we consider inappropriate gear ride a lot more cautiously - think it was Ceri JC who mentioned it in the thread at that time. I believe he referred to a test where people were observed wearing nowt but underwear through to full gear. Where people had less protection they were far slower and more cautious. Obviously that doesnt apply to those who consider the trainers of invulnerability to be sufficient.

Thats a fair point but what about everybody else on the road thats what you've got to look out for!!

I don't want the government telling me what to wear on my bike. I want the right to pop down to the shops in jeans and a lightweight jacket & gloves if I want to.

This would also mean "standards" to conform to which will give manufacturers an excuse to put the price up as well.

Yes they're pratts for doing it, but life is full of them anyway, so letting a few killi themselves would surely be good for evolution anyway

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I answered 'No'...

Its kinda sad if the Government have to stipulate what we wear

Look at it this way, if he comes off he'll be in a whole world of pain (or worse, in which case he'll be clensing the gene-pool somewhat )

He'll only do it once either way

Originally Posted by Lee Rainbow

Thats a fair point but what about everybody else on the road thats what you've got to look out for!!

Exactly. You can only control what you do. Although most accidents are avoidable to some degree, some just arent. And thats why I wear my gear, every trip even round the corner to Tescos.

Speedy, rant away at the tax laws if you must. But I would like to point out helmets are zero rated ie NO VAT as they are required by law and deemed protective equipment.

Technically if other clothing became mandatory there would be a bit of bother with the VAT legislation. Because theyre standard rated they can never be made zero rated [you can thank Brussels for that one]. But protective clothing is zero rated.
Best they would do is 5% reduced rate.

[Balky001]

I'm all for education over penalisation.

I'm sure any A&E will tell you about the amount of serious accidents people have climbing ladders and sawing wood and yet there's no license required let alone compulsary safety gear (unless you work on QVC DIY hour)! If we had laws for all stupid things people do where would we put all the prisons?

I always wear leathers (textiles in winter) and can't understand people who ride in tee shirts and shorts, but then I can't see why people would buy a 1.2 Corsa and lower it and put pretty blue lights on it either although maybe there should be a law against that!

[21QUEST]

I think textiles should be outlawed. Riders should (by law)only wear leathers.
All new bikes should also come with airbags and leg protectors(retrofitted to older bikes)

Cheers
Ben

[Speedy]

QUOTE>Speedy, rant away at the tax laws if you must. But I would like to point out helmets are zero rated ie NO VAT as they are required by law and deemed protective equipment.

Yeah!! Tax,tax,tax!

Didn't know that,Well thats good!

Originally Posted by Speedy

QUOTE>Speedy, rant away at the tax laws if you must. But I would like to point out helmets are zero rated ie NO VAT as they are required by law and deemed protective equipment.

Yeah!! Tax,tax,tax!

Didn't know that,Well thats good!

You get one guess as to what I do for a living now. Well for the next 4 weeks at least.

If someone wants to ride in next to no gear that is their business and their right but when someone starts riding in a dangerous manor then it involves everyone else.
Live and let live

How would you enforce this ?
Would certain pieces of kit have a "government approved stamp"

People riding in flipflops and speedos used to annoy me too, but at the end of the day its their skin and their ass.