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[igofar]

Here is a warning for Alberta travellers.

We now have a new bunch of Sheriffs. There main focus will be RCMP support and traffic patrol in the rural, outlying areas.
These areas used to be our "autobahns" sort of speak. With as many back roads as Alberta has, getting caught speeding was very rare and our average rate of speed was in the "boy you can make good time if you try" range.

We had 2 of these Sheriffs come into the shop awhile back and talked to us about selling non DOT helmets too.

Sheriffs back roaming the Wild West again..... Hmmm too bad!

Brad

[RJ749]

Here is a warning for Alberta travellers.
We now have a new bunch of Sheriffs. There main focus will be RCMP support and traffic patrol in the rural, outlying areas.
These areas used to be our "autobahns" sort of speak. With as many back roads as Alberta has, getting caught speeding was very rare and our average rate of speed was in the "boy you can make good time if you try" range.
We had 2 of these Sheriffs come into the shop awhile back and talked to us about selling non DOT helmets too.
Sheriffs back roaming the Wild West again..... Hmmm too bad!
Brad

Brad, that was part of the crack down in Washington state too.  New batch of State Patrol graduated and the put them out doing speed enforcement.

Do you know if BC is tough on the DOT helmet thing?

Rog

[cuthbertss]

great idea. We'll get one with the coke machine rear end, fill it with beer and ice, I'll sit up on top drinkin beer and you can drive.

Ok, I'll hand you a beer once in awhile so long as you promise not to tell anyone I was ridin beeeeeeeetch
 

I LIKE IT

[cuthbertss]

Zero tolerance, huh?? Pretty harsh. Sounds like the coffers are running low and need to be filled. Kinda like the Colorado Springs Police ... I mean tax collectors. 

You mean the Colorado Springs Honda Ridin' Revenue Enhancement Team?
you are correct sir

[igofar]

Do you know if BC is tough on the DOT helmet thing?

For

Hey Roger, I have not heard anything either way in BC.
For most every other Hiway Offence, BC stands for "bring cash" as the fines tend to be higher......



TTYL


Brad

[BT]

Brad, that was part of the crack down in Washington state too.  New batch of State Patrol graduated and the put them out doing speed enforcement.

Do you know if BC is tough on the DOT helmet thing? Rog

Since DOT is a US standard technically the little sticker on the back of a helmet doesn't count for much up this way.  However, when you go in to buy a helmet in Canada they advertise them as "DOT approved" so......... 

But to answer your question the answer is no, BC is genrally not tough on what helmets riders wear as long as you are wearing one.  A lot of my friends wear beanies, I've gone through police road blocks wearing one and no problem.

I believe the law here in BC for helmets states something like "....will have a hard outer shell with a soft inner lining...."  or something to that effect.  Back ten or fifteen years ago (about the time our good neighbours to the south in Washington State went from no helmet to mandatory helmets) there was a crack down on helmets.  Guys starting riding around with salad bowls with a towel inside held on by a bungee cord.  It meet the definition of a helmet (and was handy if you were camping as it was one less cooking utensil to pack) and resulted in a few pictures in the newspaper, a few court cases and the issue went away.

I think it was Leo that had mentioned in another thread that as long as it looks like more than a saucer that normally had a tea cup sitting in it you'll be fine.

[RJ749]

"....will have a hard outer shell with a soft inner lining...."  or something to that effect.    Guys starting riding around with salad bowls with a towel inside held on by a bungee cord. 

Hard to find a black salad bowl, I guess I'll go with stainless.  but the towel thing  makes it kind of hard to see.

[UglyJohn]

I like the salad bowl idea, but would prefer a black towl . But, here in oregon it has to be a tie-down strap and a dot sticker on showing on the back. Technically, here in Oregon, if it has a hard outer shell, soft inner shell and strap with the DOT on the back, cops won't even stop ya.
UglyJohn

[RJ749]

John, you'll have to show us, I was only good with the bungy.

[sanjoseduke]

The CHP in Northern Cal is also having a zero tolerance program right now. They also are armed with new laser guns they claim their is not a detector available that will detect them.

SanJoseDuke

[BAKRDS]

Just spent 3 months in LasVegas & if I understood right the speed crackdown was for the month of March.Didn't seem to make much differance.If you tried to go 55 in the 20 mile long construction zone on I 15 you'd get blown off the road.
   On helmets in Cannada I know ontario will give a really hard time for a non DOT helmets.Of corse that was at Port Dover Friday the 13th where the cop are out in force.

[nixobilly]

FYI...

I just mounted my new Escort 9500i on my scoot and took it out for a spin.  I also have a garmin 2610 onboard.

The escort locks in your speed on the display when it fires off.  My garmin always shows +3 mph over speedo.

I hit several k,x, ka radars out on my drive and guess what -- the speed matches my garmin -- +3 mph over the speedo.

This escort also uses gps to allow the user to "mark and mask out" known locations so maybe the agreement with the garmin is because of tracking on the same signals.

Anyway, I'm always going to add 3 mph to the speedo for safety.

I'm shocked - yes shocked, to know that the speedo may be reporting as precisely as my gas gage!

Mark

[mr_magoo]

And the speedo says certified on it.

[skrmn]

Back to NV for a sec. Wife and I live in Reno and just came back from a trip to the GC. My understanding is keep it under 80mph on hwy and your ok. We did see a few cops (very few in the desolated areas, which is most of NV) and they were no prob. As far as Vegas, just drive with the traffic....everybody speeds. If you don't you'll get run over.......