Banning Fullface helmets? Interesting to watch...

[HDGoose]

Will be interesting to watch -

http://southendnewsnetwork.com/news/motorcyclists-banned-from-wearing-helmets-over-terrorism-concerns/

[pehayes]

Yeah.  That's what I want to do.  Slow down on the freeway so I can get whacked from behind by a phone user.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[rocker59]

Reads like Fake News...

[rocker59]

Yeah.  That's what I want to do.  Slow down on the freeway so I can get whacked from behind by a phone user.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

Since you don't normally ride in Essex Angleland, and since this is probably a fake "news" article, I think you'll be OK.

[Kev m]

�Although we do not have the authority to take similar measures with various forms of religious clothing, we feel that this idea will still allow motorcyclists to drive safely as it will encourage them to stick to the speed limit or perhaps go even slower on roads like the A13 and the A127.�

But just think about the potential market for the Full-Face Biker Burka! 

[LowRyter]

Reads like Fake News...

I think you nailed it.  $400 motorcycle helmets and $2 kerchiefs  ...  please. 

Next will be cosmetic make up.

[Lannis]

Didn't the last line ...

"This news will be welcomed in Chalkwell after a three-year-old on a Fisher Price tricycle went on a �rampage of destruction� in March, taking out three postboxes, a Costa Express machine and the window of a Nisa supermarket."

give anyone a clue that this might be a bit of a joke?   Not a very good one, admittedly ....

and given that it's from the Southend Network?   As in "south end of a northbound mule" ... ?

Lannis

[Old Jock]

Complete and utter bunkum

Somebody's idea of humor I guess

[normzone]

Well, at least it only got a couple of posts down the thread before the nature of the article was identified.

Clue on the website: Passport office warns public to stop sending photos with DOG FACES on

I can send political satire from The Onion all day long to my in-laws and they take days to figure out that it's satire.

[Lannis]

I can send political satire from The Onion all day long to my in-laws and they take days to figure out that it's satire.

That's because the news that the media reports is so much like "satire" that you almost can't tell the difference.

Whether it's some bubble-headed bleached blond hyperventilating over a few idiots recreating the Blues Brothers "Illinois Nazis" scene, or 100 people with cameras running along with some pajama boys dressed in black yelling and swinging sticks ... the media turns every stupid little college prank or spoiled kid's tweet into a National Emergency.

No wonder it's easy to get fooled sometimes ....

Lannis

[nc43bsa]

"The entire nation of North Korea has been destroyed after President Kim Jong-Un accidentally ordered the test of a nuclear bomb that was too powerful."

I liked that one.   

[Triple Jim]

Back around 1979 or so I walked into the lobby of my bank while still removing my full face helmet.  I got it off about halfway to the teller's window.  The manager came up to me and politely asked me not to enter the bank with the helmet on in the future, and said that they had almost pushed the silent alarm button.  I got a kick out of that.

[normzone]

That's because the news that the media reports is so much like "satire" that you almost can't tell the difference.

Whether it's some bubble-headed bleached blond hyperventilating over a few idiots

Do you mean the bubble-headed bleached blond that comes on at five ?

[Lannis]

Do you mean the bubble-headed bleached blond that comes on at five ?

Yep, the one with a gleam in her eye ....

[LowRyter]

That's because the news that the media reports is so much like "satire" that you almost can't tell the difference.

Whether it's some bubble-headed bleached blond hyperventilating over a few idiots recreating the Blues Brothers "Illinois Nazis" scene, or 100 people with cameras running along with some pajama boys dressed in black yelling and swinging sticks ... the media turns every stupid little college prank or spoiled kid's tweet into a National Emergency.

No wonder it's easy to get fooled sometimes ....

Lannis

I hate when I have to agree with you.

[Lannis]

I hate when I have to agree with you.

You'll get over it.   Strangely enough, I agree with YOU the majority of the time.

Is it possible to agree with someone who doesn't want you to agree with them?   There must be a name for that ....

Lannis

[nyITguy]

Is it possible to agree with someone who doesn't want you to agree with them?   There must be a name for that ....

Obstreperous?




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[rodekyll]

That's because the news that the media reports is so much like "satire" that you almost can't tell the difference.

Whether it's some bubble-headed bleached blond hyperventilating over a few idiots recreating the Blues Brothers "Illinois Nazis" scene, or 100 people with cameras running along with some pajama boys dressed in black yelling and swinging sticks ... the media turns every stupid little college prank or spoiled kid's tweet into a National Emergency.

No wonder it's easy to get fooled sometimes ....

Lannis

Really?

[Guzzi Gal]

It's interesting when people die.
Give us dirty laundry.
 
Thanks for planting that worm.  It'll be wiggling around up there for DAYS! 

[webmost]

Back around 1979 or so I walked into the lobby of my bank while still removing my full face helmet.  I got it off about halfway to the teller's window.  The manager came up to me and politely asked me not to enter the bank with the helmet on in the future, and said that they had almost pushed the silent alarm button.  I got a kick out of that.

Yeah that's when I started wearing a modular. Had a full face with a mirror face shield & went to take the company deposit, the guard started fingering his pistol, while the tellers' hands went under their desks. Figured why stress them out. Get a modular & flip up the face.

[rodekyll]

I was working in the credit union in Metlakakla (look it up) on Halloween one year and a group of teenage boys came charging in wearing full face helmets, Darth Vader capes, and carrying swords.  You never saw a room clear faster.  Within seconds, the street was cleared too, and uniforms of all types, including the Coast Guard were pouring in, almost as though they'd been waiting for the kids.  The youngsters had no idea what panic they were causing, but it was explained to them at length.  I just went on working.

[LowRyter]

Obstreperous?




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certainly an accurate description of personalities involved .....

[Triple Jim]

Yeah that's when I started wearing a modular. Had a full face with a mirror face shield & went to take the company deposit, the guard started fingering his pistol, while the tellers' hands went under their desks. Figured why stress them out. Get a modular & flip up the face.

If this came up more than once every 20 or so years, I'd probably do just that.  Luckily the bank I currently visit has enough distance between the parking lot and front door that it gives me time to take my $59 HJC helmet off.  :)

[Arizona Wayne]

Hmmmm.............. ...........is there a connection about this to when I go into my local 99 cent store with my 1/2 helmet on to get a few things ($20 worth) when arriving on my MP3 scooter?  Some other customers there look at me like I'm kinda weird.   

[nc43bsa]

When you do that, are you also wearing Bermuda shorts and flip-flops?

If so, yes, you are weird.

[HDGoose]

30ish years ago I went to visit a friend in Maryland. She was stationed at Fort Meade. It was in the 30's at night and I need to refuel one more time. I walked inside to pay and the clerk had already pushed the alarm button and was standing back away from the counter, inside her plexiglass cage. I asked her for 10 in fuel, and tried to hand her a 20, then the cops show up with weapons drawn. Apparently, it is against Maryland law to wear anything covering your face into a convenience store. So, after a couple of moments, she then tells me that because she thought she was being robbed, she dropped the money from the drawer into the safe, and could not make change from a $20. Back then it was maybe $10 to fill the 6 gallon SP tank.

[Triple Jim]

Apparently, it is against Maryland law to wear anything covering your face into a convenience store.

I grew up and lived in MD for about 45 years, and I wasn't aware of any law like that existing.  Where I live now in rural NC, if the gas station doesn't have pay-at-pump, I normally go into gas station store with my helmet still on, and pay.  I do flip up the face shield.  I've never had the cashier look the least bit concerned.  Maybe if it were in a city it would be different.

I just did some searching and found "anti-mask laws".  Most (all?) states have them in some form.  Some have or are considering making an exemption for motorcyclists.  It seems that in some cases, motorcycle riders have been profiled and arrested under anti-mask laws, just for riding with their faces obscured.  It certainly seems possible that walking into any store with a full face helmet on could put you at risk for violating an anti-mask law.

[Lannis]

I grew up and lived in MD for about 45 years, and I wasn't aware of any law like that existing.  Where I live now in rural NC, if the gas station doesn't have pay-at-pump, I normally go into gas station store with my helmet still on, and pay.  I do flip up the face shield.  I've never had the cashier look the least bit concerned.  Maybe if it were in a city it would be different.

I just did some searching and found "anti-mask laws".  Most (all?) states have them in some form.  Some have or are considering making an exemption for motorcyclists.  It seems that in some cases, motorcycle riders have been profiled and arrested under anti-mask laws, just for riding with their faces obscured.  It certainly seems possible that walking into any store with a full face helmet on could put you at risk for violating an anti-mask law.

The first thing I do when I pull up to a gas pump or a store parking lot is pull my helmet off and hang it from the handlebar, before I even dismount.    I'm used to it on the bike, but it just gets in the way when I'm doing anything else.   And I don't want to look like Robocop or Darth Vader when I interact with people ...

Put yourself in the place of the convenience store clerk or the credit union teller, in this sometimes ugly world we've made ....

Lannis

[Lannis]

Obstreperous?

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That's a good word, but I was thinking more of something like ....

If I say that I agree with you, can you say "We don't agree"  and be accurate?

So if you say "I think that loud exhausts give motorcycling a bad image" and I say "Yes, I agree with that", does it mean anything if you say "I don't agree with you"?

One of those things that makes you go "Hmmmmmm ...."

Lannis

[nyITguy]

That's a good word, but I was thinking more of something like ....

If I say that I agree with you, can you say "We don't agree"  and be accurate?

So if you say "I think that loud exhausts give motorcycling a bad image" and I say "Yes, I agree with that", does it mean anything if you say "I don't agree with you"?

One of those things that makes you go "Hmmmmmm ...."

Lannis

I guess that sounds like being "contrarian," but perhaps that's not exactly it. You may have stumbled upon a concept for which an English word has not been created.



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