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Originally Posted by Rehaan Hey El Alef,
Welcome aboard!l
Man....im sorry to hear about all your accidents!! Maybe you should look for something on 4 wheels given your luck with bikes!? 
Very glad to know that you were wearing your helmet all the time! (is it a legal requirement in mexico though?)
cya
Rehaan |
Hey Reehan, hehehheehe, u echoed most of my family members, that want me to turn my bike into scrap metal and forget about her, that bikes aren't for me, etc... But actually, I can't let those "little" mishaps deter me from doing something I like for several reasons: it's cleaner, faster (transportation), easy on the wallet (fuel-wise), and most of all, heck, I love the feel of wind hitting on the face. I might crack legs, arms, or even my head (hopefully not fatally
) but my passion 4 bikes will never end. And, as for your question, it is more of an individual requirement than legal, since in some states the law is tougher regarding motorbikes (especially at the capital, Mexico City). Where I live, in the northern state of Sonora, you can circulate w/o helmet, or license plates, or license, although the law requires u to do so, but if a cop spots you there's no biggie (for now, because the law at Mexico City is beginning to spread to the whole nation). On the other hand, Mexico City is a true nightmare for bikers, since the law strengthened its policies for the incident of last year, where a TV channel (some of u must've heard or see it) filming a bike group (of actors, doing dangerous slow speeds on a fast road) for a show at 2AM, created a major accident, when a car driver -doing 80km/h- rear-ended the bikers -doing25 to 30km/h- (unprotected, w/o helmets, let alone armors or anything else, only flashy outfits) who on the video are seen going off like flies, but the first one got killed, and that created so much controversy that bikes began to be seen as instruments for wrong-doing, thus, they do not allow circulation of motor bikes on important roads, and you can get your bike impounded for failing to wear helmet (at the very least), w/o registration, or unverified (for polluitng).
I too wish that law comes to my state, since there are lots of guys (esp delivery ones) who are running like crazy on small bikes, swirving between cars, exposing unnecessarily to an accident, without helmet, or worse, wearing it as a passenger. We recently had an accident where a delivery guy got killed (although he WAS wearing the helmet) when a truck tossed him to the sidewalk and died instantly for the tremendous hit. But don't ever say that "I don't see the point in using helmet, since am gonna die whether I use it or not". That's an absolute dumb thing to say, u significantly raise ur chance of survival by wearing it (don't I know). So wear it even if u r only warming up ur bike...
Drive safe e1
Salud