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Individualising your motorcycle accident protection equipment
A motorcycle helmet isn't just a piece of safety equipment that will protect you from personal injury in the event of a motorcycle accident; it can be a statement of identity for the rider. The internet is a great source of examples; there are examples across the web of proud bikers and the artists responsible for the new paint jobs putting their newly-decorated helmets on show.
One such in the UK is the brother of a former SuperBike champion, who began his career in spraying helmets more than fifteen years ago, to help his brother stand out on the track. He describes the painted helmet as "art in motion" on his website at www.customhelmets.co.uk, where interested riders can browse through a gallery of professionally-finished helmets in a variety of designs, from flames and geometric shapes to cartoon characters.
A Scottish artist who uses her airbrush to decorate seemingly anything - aside from helmets, she has airbrushed jackets, guitars, helicopter canopies and computer panels - hosts her website at www.airbrusharts.co.uk, where you'll find various film and TV characters, a tiger, and a fearsome full-face helmet that's been turned into a skull with a stapled jaw.
I hadn't realised how popular the skull helmet look is on the world's roads; perhaps it's the Nicolas Cage film Ghost Rider that's done it? But it's clear from one American site, www.customhelmets.com, that the look is popular, as it has a section of the website devoted entirely to skull-design helmets.
While I'm not sure that I'd be keen to see a skull bearing down on me at speed, it's probably scarier for most people to see riders speeding along without a helmet at all. Yet some bikers still seem to want to have the lack of a helmet as their identity statement, as this quote from a riders' forum shows: "We just think it is wrong to criminalize people who wish to exercise choice over what they ride and what they wear. The helmet law made naff all difference to fatality rates, it's a complete red herring."
The same feeling may lead to the use of 'novelty' helmets, which some riders prefer to wear as they present the illusion of meeting safety laws. Like the absence of helmets, though, these will give little protection in the event of a motorcycle accident, and a no win no fee lawyer will struggle to make a successful compensation claim for an accident victim who was wearing one of these less protective items.
And with the option of expressing your individuality through a helmet that will protect you from the effects of a motorcycle accident, is there any reason to take the less safe option?
