Saw a chap on a BMW C1 riding through the city wearing a cycle helmet - is this legal? Even though you have the bizarre roof element on this bike does that honestly negate the legal requirement to wear a helmet. I though it was only Quadbikes where you don’t have to have a helmet on?
It went to high court in 2004 when some bloke won a case to ride his C1 without a helmet, it was overturned in court. He lost!!
There is a legal requirement to wear a helmet when riding a C1, so no, a cycle helmet would not suffice!
Portaloo rider in breaking the law shocker. Needs to wear a lid, unless his turban is of Sikh orientation.
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BMW C1… Gerry Anderson would be proud :hehe:
Hilarious turn of phrase 
Cheers,
Ed
How’d you turn a phrase? 
Yep. I saw an old Sikh man riding a Cruiser through the city a while back just wearing a turban. Looked totally bad ass.
Im curious, (I could be missing something) but at where is the line drawn when it comes to cylce helmets/motorcycle helmets… Obviously an engine is involved, but if someone cycling has an average speed of 20mph in a 20 zone why couldnt a motorcyclist where a cycle helmet at that speed too?
Thats a really bad way of explaining/asking but Im sure you can put the pieces together. :Wow:
On a motorcycle it has to be BSI kitemarked & have a British standards number…
You don’t just have to wear a motorcycle helmet but a motorcycle helmet that is approved for UK use.
There is a stamp that helmets have- I forget what it is called.
If you have a helmet bought in a far flung place with lower safety requirements and use it on UK roads and it isn’t approved then it is just as illegal as a cycle helmet, or no helmet at all.
You should have told him he didn’t need the helmet… ridding of problems one at a time!
Yep. I saw an old Sikh man riding a Cruiser through the city a while back just wearing a turban. Looked totally bad ass.
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I bet he was bloody cold, I wonder if he got busted for indecent exposure.
Rage Against The Machine! 
Yep, helmet got to be approved for UK use… rules out the Simpson Bandit then, unless you buy one of the European approved jobbies that looked nowhere near as good 
i know the laws/rules to motorcycle helmets, im trying to work out why there are so many laws/rules for motorcycle helmets but not cycle helmets.
Ah right- my mistake.
Well, an an Aussie (where there is a mandatory helmet requirement) I find it slightly odd that the UK doesn’t have a mandatory helmet law.
I put it down to how the UK is policed - i.e. lightly.
The police don’t have guns, they don’t stop speeding people because they are never on the roads.
They don’t really have the man-power to do it.
In Australia you find police on the roads all the time, stopping cyclists, stopping motorcyclists, breath testing you every 5 mins, hiding behind every bush and rock with a handheld radar gun.
I personally prefer the UK system- it is a lot less stressful, but if looking for a reason as to why no helmet law I imagine it would be unenforceable with the current level of police on British streets.
That said, I reckon the law will change within 10 years.
The use/popularity of cycle helmets is about 25 years behind the use/popularity of motorcycle helmets. Probably something to do with the types injuries cyclists sustain after an off too, lower speed collisions being less likely to cause head injuries.
Australia is ridiclous…in my year there I got breath tested four times (passed every time)…stopped twice for filtering…twice for random **** (no ticket or charge)
four tickets for cycling without a helmet (one was in a national park) and one for not having a bell…seriously not having a bell
Yup, that sounds pretty normal, really.
Filtering is illegal there, also you cannot just get you license in a week like you can here.
You have to do L plates, then 2 years of P plates, then you get your license.
They’ve now got a trial in NSW
http://www.nsw.gov.au/news/australian-first-motorcycle-lane-filtering-trial-begins
