ngateguy

A co worker today said he heard on KIRO radio the the SPD is cracking down the helmet law. He said they have written 200 tickets at $80 a pop. I have not been able to find anything on line to corroborate this rumor.




Disclaimer: I am not advocating the use of helmets one way or another, I thought I would just give a heads up about it.

Daveyboy

FWIW Long gone are the days that I ride with a nekked head. In my youth I did foolish things like bomb down canyon roads drafting cars at 40 mph sans helmet.

Bekologist

'heard' on kiro radio? AM talk radio by a shock jockey perhaps?

mattm

maybe they'll use this new push (if there is one) to crack down on CM later this month..

last year they tried pulling over everyone that didn't have helmets - kind of like herding cats.

CliftonGK1

I guess I'll start wearing my lid for the 3 miles r/t to the grocery store and the 0.75mi r/t to the dry cleaners. $80 is pretty steep.

Bekologist

i think the city has written a couple of hundred TOTAL since the law was enacted 5? years ago now...radio shock jockey probably referencing this.

the city mayor, city's top cop as well as king county all hold a 'hands off' policy regarding critical mass.

I do not believe this has changed.

ngateguy

Ironic but the day beforw I was talking to a co worker who is a motorcycle rider. She asked me if there was a bike helmet law in Seattle. My response was yes but I have never heard anyone getting a ticket for it.

I think Bekologist maybe right here, probably the total amount of tickets they have handed out in the last 5 years.


I miss the days of the wind blowing through my hair. But after a nasty accident a few years ago, I never comute or ride without it anymore,

CliftonGK1

Same here. Even w/o a helmet, us bald guys don't get that sensation... unless the wind blowing through my beard counts.

reidconti

I'm not sure most programming on KIRO really counts as "shock radio" type stuff...

BengeBoy 

Pun intended, I'm sure.

ngateguy