as the turk said,personal risk assessment,,,,it seems though, that lots of boffins who dont or ever have ridden bikes set these rules/laws upon us,its a freedom thing,ill always wear a full face,and jeans and gloves,and an old style/type leather jacket,even when its hot,ive ridden bikes on a test run up and down my street in shorts and no helmet sure,we all have and i will again,its my risk assessment, and against the law i know,but using my inbuilt self preservation technogly versus laziness over practicalness allowed me to do this and succeed in not hurting anyone or my self(self last others first)it peeves me to see scooter riders who are obviously not motorcylists and no doubt consider themselves apart because its not a bike? zigzag on under powered bad handling things in bathing costumes next to big black suv type cars with black windows and someone on the phone driving it ,and thinking theyre in control?i dont want to get shoehorned in with this crowd in the goverments eyes!,ill wear what i want when i know i need it thanks.
