Police having purge on motorcyclists with no helmets

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 12:02

I f your going into Girne on a bike make sure you have a helmet it seems the police are having a bit of a purge on I had 3 customers last week who had been pulled the fine seems to vary but I think it's around 300tl but all three got let off with a caution mind you they had to leave their bikes until they could show they had a helmet which to be honest i was more than happy to supply well done girne police I can now afford to pay my speeding fines

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 12:06

AND there was me thinking that the helmets were to proctect thier elbows x

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 12:10

yes Lilli you do seem to seem more worn on the elbow than the head perhaps they are trying to protect their drinking fulcrum

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 12:19

Maybe it's because all bikers brains are found elsewhere from thier head



Only joking before I get attacked, the only reason I am not back on two wheels is because the boss says I can't have one. I think in her defence in my case the problem is that when I do put on a helmet the blood stops reaching my brain as I keep doing stupid things and falling off.



Good info though scootex, thanks. If I do manage to covince her then I will have to dig out the old MX crashtop at least until I can afford a new one.

wagon


Joined: 01/04/2009
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 12:51

they should be find for not wearing a helmet

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 12:56

What about the moped drivers with 2 kids on board?

johnnybgoode


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 13:09

what about the hire co, they don't supply a helmet, when hiring???

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 13:16

Vaughn they probably have pakastani licence's

Jonny B they don't provide the petrol either

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 13:36

I thought most of the locals didn,t have Helmets. Thought they had them nicked! Isn,t that why they don,t get pulled over?



10 points for the first person to work that one out.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 14:00

Pull back, Johhnnylee!

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 14:08

You might see me wearing nothing... ...but helmet IS always on.

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 14:26

I can't understand people riding bikes or scooters without wearing a helmet if only to stop dirt and muck in the eyes and eating flies.....I could go on.

Oh - and when you fall off helmets stop cracking the head open!

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 14:32

When I went to college in 1965-7 you didn't need a helmet to ride a motorbike. It wasn't law at that time.

I can honestly say that I can remember when biking was dangerous and sex was safe.

johnnybgoode


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 14:53

whilst reading the comments above just viewed from the window,at work

guy on scooter, shopping bag's on eitherside of handle bars, left elbow on the speedo, has phone to right ear, kid on the back, both not wearing helmets, hire no: plate's doing less than 10km per hr, with an artic flying past him, blowing his air horns, as he's all over the road,

utter stupid bloody madness, will people ever learn, the police should crack down more.???

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 15:35

you only have one head and wearing it as lili said on your elbow is just stupid then words can say.



ive seen brains on the side of the road its not nice and if you had seen it you would have the best hemet money can buy

ruggy


Joined: 02/05/2009
Posts: 757

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 16:51

I am for wearing a helmet, but can anyone tell me if a bike is under 125cc or 100cc, is it law to wear one ?

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 17:11

Why does it have to be a law ruggy,how about the common sense.....and from my own expiriences,the little midget things are actualy more dangerous then BIKES.

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 18:50

Yes anything over 50cc apparently but I wear one all the time even when just testing scooters up the road

50cc or 1500cc you should always wear a good quality helmet and look out for the idiot coming out of the side road

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 19:09

right have alook at this



but so lucky

by the way he was a greek say no more



not bloody so all can look wear a helmet please http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tth9krDtxII&playnext_from=TL&videos=ep3w-4OF7aY

snakes



Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 1512

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 19:22

Its all about priorities here ! you should see the speed the bikers and cars travel at on the new bypass ! not open yet but what a great grand prix circuit !!! idiots !! authorities and users ! waiting for the massive prang up death toll !!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 19:55

Zooming along on my Moto Guzzi 850, one sunny arvo, a huge bumblebee splatted into my visor - what a whacko it made - nearly bowled me backwards off me bike!



Later, stopping for a coupla three tinnies of the 'amber nectar', I got to thinking: 'I wonder what was the last thing to go through that bumblebee's brain?'



Being a fairly bright sort of a cove, I reckon I twigged spot on: 'Must've been its arseh0le!'

laptarunner



Joined: 02/11/2009
Posts: 217

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 21:30

Best one yet our neigbour coming down recently opened bypass. Traffic using both sides, some idoit pulled out from traffic lights, going down wrong way.

jamestalbot


Joined: 20/12/2009
Posts: 958

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 21:34

I bet it's helping your business Scootex, and why not, if it's going to save lives it's a good thing.

snakes



Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 1512

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 21:40

just total madness but given up ........ deaths inevitable

itsadogslife


Joined: 17/03/2009
Posts: 121

Message Posted:
12/07/2010 22:24

I live next to new bypass tunnel or should i call it silverstone.Young drivers in turbocharged cars and taxi drivers are the worst.Wait till the tunnel opens that will be the bad!