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Demon Motorcycle Helmets: A Cheap Way To Terrorize Motorists

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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
04/06/09

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Nope, no three reflectors or reflective material on the helmet. Won't work in NJ.
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bosskev
04/06/09

@MormonChristmas_GitEmSteveDave: Don't the eyes glow? All three of them?
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lostarchitect
04/06/09

@MormonChristmas_GitEmSteveDave: wait.. what? i ride into NJ from NY all the time. can i get pulled over for not having 3 reflectors on my helmet?
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
04/06/09

@lostarchitect: I know when you test/inspect, you need to wear a helmet with three reflectors on the back. I have heard more than one biker moan about this.

New Jersey Helmet Law - P.L. 39:3-76.7:

No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle unless he wears a securely fitted protective helmet of a size proper for that person and of a type approved by the federal DOT. Such a helmet must be equipped with either a neck or chin strap and be reflectorized on both sides.
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lostarchitect
04/06/09

@MormonChristmas_GitEmSteveDave: Wow, well hopefully I won't get pulled over. it would be a real dick move to pull over an out of state driver for that.
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ScottRose
04/06/09

@lostarchitect:

it would be a real dick move to pull over an out of state driver for that.

Which means that it's exactly what's going to happen on the turnpike.
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Saboth
04/06/09

@MormonChristmas_GitEmSteveDave:

That's a pretty stupid law. If you are on your bike, you are wearing your helmet, and if you are on your bike, you have several reflectors, tons of lights, reflective lit up license plate, etc.

It would be as if they had a law : "If you are driving a car, you must wear a jacket with reflective strips".

Another case of idiotic lawmakers.
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bosskev
04/06/09

@Saboth: "It would be as if they had a law : "If you are driving a car, you must wear a jacket with reflective strips"."

Great. Give those idiotic lawmakers ideas.
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junkmail
04/06/09

@bosskev: Wasn't that on an episode of Top Gear? Jeremy was wearing it. France, I think?
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
04/07/09

@junkmail: I think you're right. That's what I thought of.

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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/06/09

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Yes, let's piss off and/or scare the biblical family in the minivan dedicated to Diaz's namesake by wheeling up next to them wearing this. Sounds like a good way to get AstrOWNED.
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lostarchitect
04/06/09

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Those look dangerous. a motorcycle helmet is designed to delaminate as it skids along the road surface. Helmet manufacturers caution you not to *paint* your helmet as that could interfere with this process... gluing huge horns to it is just a bad idea.
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ScottRose
04/06/09

@lostarchitect: Exactly. They advise not to paint it. They never said not to glue huge horns onto it. Ipso facto, they practically recommend it!
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Redwan
04/06/09

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100? Does that include the helmet or do you have to provide your own? I wounln't trust my head to a 100 dollar helmet...let alone a 30 dollar helmet with sharp horns attached to it!
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/06/09

@Redwan: Just because a helmet costs more/less doesn't mean that it's actually worth a damn.

A good number of motorcycle helmets are worthless if you drop them from waist height. I'd rather have 2 $50 helmets that work in case I drop one, than a $100 helmet I've wrecked but still wear because I was clumsy.
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bosskev
04/06/09

@Lite: misses aprilfoolzmodo: "I'd rather have 2 $50 helmets...than a $100 helmet..."

Agreed. But how do you get them both on?
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Toastie
04/06/09

@Lite: misses aprilfoolzmodo: I find that you usually have to break the $200 dollar barrier for a decent interstate safe helmet. Although if you crash on the interstate, it's pretty much death no matter how things play out.
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bosskev
04/06/09

@Toastie: "...a decent interstate safe helmet. Although if you crash on the interstate, it's pretty much death no matter how things play out"

But your head will still look gorgeous, and isn't that what matters?
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sir_pantsalot
04/06/09

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Those just show that you are trying way to hard to prove that you are not gay.

"Dude I am totally not gay. Check out my killer bike and my wicked helmet. See not gay at all."
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bosskev
04/06/09

@sir_pantsalot: And these helmets work great at the movies theaters when placed onto the "We Are Not Gay" seat in between you and your "manfriend".
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sir_pantsalot
04/06/09

@bosskev: I didn't know that seat had a name. Thanks.
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bosskev
04/06/09

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I don't get it. Why would demons want motorcycle helmets?
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