Well, at least the article about it is balanced and unbiased. Hey, "they" already make "us" wear helmets. So now, maybe it's helmets with stickers. And next year, helmets with stickers and bobber balls and neon mohawks. What the heck? It's all for safety.
Reflectorization (on helmets) is already a "requirement" in several US States. Quotes are because I have never heard of anyone being ticketed. NJ, NY, VT, MD and others according to AMA.
Provocative words from a guy who wears blue painter's tape.Well, at least the article about it is balanced and unbiased. Hey, "they" already make "us" wear helmets. So now, maybe it's helmets with stickers. And next year, helmets with stickers and bobber balls and neon mohawks. What the heck? It's all for safety.
And hey, we don't gotta wear seat belts.
Here in NJ you would fail the annual motorcycle inspections for not having the minimum amount of reflective tape added to your helmet. I had to argue with the inspector and go to his supervisor when he failed me for not having a 2"x 2" square on each side of my helmet. I had 1/4" reflective pinstriping tape added to my helmet that totaled more square inches than the the two squares would have. The rule requirement listed total square inches and did not specify the configuration so I ultimately won the argument. I also used a Helmet Halo on my helmet but they were not acceptable in meeting the requirement because they are easily removed. That reminds me I should buy a halo for my new Hi-Viz EXO-700 helmet.
So you're saying that if you trailered your bike to a dealership for whatever reason and asked them to do an inspection while there, they'd refuse (or fail it) until they also inspected your helmet?
Arial is just so boring. Why do you use a font without serifs? It makes it impossible to tell the difference between a l and an I (small letter l and the letter capital I). The only clue is the use of a vs. an. Us old people used to be fed serif fonts to enhance readability and help with letter spacing in type setting for printing. Then computers became generally available which made better use with san serif type fonts which were easy to scale and no longer needed the spacing given by serif fonts. Now san serif fonts have become boring for the new generation that can't handle the rigid boxed in fonts and want to relax a little and be different from the older generation. Turn the bill of your baseball hat over to 45º, pull your pants down until your boxers are almost completely showin' and get with the times. You have to admit that the Comic Sans MS stands out in this message almost as well as hi-viz does in a line of riders with all the others wearing black. Sheesh, when are you old guys going to age down and become
Inspections in NJ are not done by dealers but by State Motor Vehicle Inspection Stations with State Employees which later became private contractors. They do nothing else but inspect motor vehicles. A couple of years ago because of work overload at the stations, motorcycles were given an exemption from State motor vehicle inspections.
I remember you and ionbeam making fun of me in my hivez a few years ago on a trip to Long Island ...I guess that I'd prefer to not get hit by those people that are looking out for you. The ones that aren't, well you can't do much about them except dodge them.
@ionbeam - Proper spelling and punctuation is so old school too, yo.
Well, in case you're not old enough, I believe it was back in the early 70's there was a huge push by a US Senator to make seat belts for motorcyles mandatory. Despite protests from the motorcycling community and others, It almost became law, real close, but at the last minute enough powers-that-be convinced him it wasn't a good idea............ whew!
Yeah, you were definitely an early adopter, George. We teased you about it hurting our eyes, but it was apparent to both of us that it does make it easier to see you in certain circumstances. That's why we both now sport the HiViz. It was later that same year that I bought my first HiViz jacket, lightly used, from forum member zzzzip. ionbeam (and Helen) joined the HiViz crowd just this past season.
