SUOMY helmets? Good or Crap?

mitch179 · Post by **mitch179** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:27 pm

could you link me to the document you got that out of ? ?

cause people dont seem to believe me when i tell em about it :S

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:29 pm

RG wrote:....I think I should stop drinking too...

Mate, when I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading !

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:36 pm

mitch179 wrote:could you link me to the document you got that out of ? ?

cause people dont seem to believe me when i tell em about it :S

I probably should have pointed out that it's South Australian legislation. No idea if the same applies interstate. I always forget that legislation isn't the same interstate.

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Catalog ... 236.un.htm

greenmeanie · Post by **greenmeanie** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:38 am

aardvark wrote:
mitch179 wrote:could you link me to the document you got that out of ? ?

cause people dont seem to believe me when i tell em about it :S
I probably should have pointed out that it's South Australian legislation. No idea if the same applies interstate. I always forget that legislation isn't the same interstate.

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Catalog ... R/1999.236.
un.htm

No Aus Stds sticker = Infringement Notice(definitely in QLD). Just hope they don't look at your helmet if you ever get pulled up.

RG · Post by RG » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:23 pm

greenmeanie wrote:No Aus Stds sticker = Infringement Notice(definitely in QLD). Just hope they don't look at your helmet if you ever get pulled up.

Taken from...
Queensland
Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 1999
Reprinted as in force on 7 July 2006

approved motorbike helmet means a helmet that complies
with—
(a) AS 1698–1988; or
(b) another standard the chief executive considers is at least
equal to that standard.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:31 pm

I have been stopped over the years by at least 8 police officers and not a single one has ever checked my helmet for a sticker........

BladeBoy · Post by **BladeBoy** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:52 pm

RG wrote:
greenmeanie wrote:No Aus Stds sticker = Infringement Notice(definitely in QLD). Just hope they don't look at your helmet if you ever get pulled up.
Taken from...
Queensland
Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 1999
Reprinted as in force on 7 July 2006

approved motorbike helmet means a helmet that complies
with—
(a) AS 1698–1988; or
(b) another standard the chief executive considers is at least
equal to that standard.

That should get you out of it anyway

RG · Post by RG » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:32 pm

BladeBoy wrote:
approved motorbike helmet means a helmet that complies
with—
(a) AS 1698–1988; or
(b) another standard the chief executive considers is at least
equal to that standard.

That should get you out of it anyway

Yeah, only if you are a good friend of the 'chief executive'

mitch179 · Post by **mitch179** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:30 pm

ah sweet, i wasnt too worried, ive never had the sticker checked before!

i think im going to pluck one out of the inside of an old lid tho and stick it on the inside of my new one incase and just say there isnt one on the outside cause i tore it off in favour of bling. or something lame like that

i saved over 230 bucks buying over seas , thats after shipping.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:49 pm

RG wrote:(b) another standard the chief executive considers is at least
equal to that standard

forgive my sarcasm, but this is so typical of bogus legislation that is just a goldmine for a good lawyer.......

What qualifications does the chief executive have that enables him to make an informed decision about helmet standards FFS ???

I can guarantee you that he won't have a Degree in Physics, or Engineering, or Chemistry et al....of course the chief executive can rely on the advice of his own departmental *experts*, who wouldn't know shit from clay - if they did they sure as hell would be working elsewhere, where their talents would be appreciated and utilised.........

sorry for the rant, but this type of *Bullshit* legislation is worthy of nothing else but ridicule.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:56 pm

Gosling1 wrote:
RG wrote:(b) another standard the chief executive considers is at least
equal to that standard

forgive my sarcasm, but this is so typical of bogus legislation that is just a goldmine for a good lawyer.......

What qualifications does the chief executive have that enables him to make an informed decision about helmet standards FFS ??? I can guarantee you that he won't have a Degree in Physics, or Engineering, or Chemistry et al....of course the chief executive can rely on the advice of his own departmental *experts*, who wouldn't know shit from clay - if they did they sure as hell would be working elsewhere, where their talents would be appreciated and utilised.........

sorry for the rant, but this type of *Bullshit* legislation is worthy of nothing else but ridicule.

valid rambling gos.....

also note- trying to remove a STICKER WILL LEAVE A HORRIBLE "VOID" AS THE STICKERS FALL APART...

if u do a track day theres a bloody good chance they will look for the sticker

i also have never had my lid checked by a plod...