Thread: Confirming road rules

Originally Posted by Davo

Let me get this straight. This thread is about grown men who want to drive around wearing plastic toy helmets.

You know, it's very interesting what interests us.
I have friends that don't believe in owning things over ten years old. They think I'm a loopy loonie. They also can't understand my fascination with Landrovers.
My family thinks loopy loonies own Landrovers. Welcome to looniesville, Davo.
Interestingly, I caught up with a few members of my family at easter. I have a cousin who loves going to pubs and getting ****ed. I have no interest in that. Another cousin who works only to get enought money to fund her next overseas trip trecking through some third world country. I wouldn't do that. A couple of uncles were busily telling me what horses they backed in which races and what the odds are should their horses come in. How boring.
I'm also told some people spend an evening watching rugby union. Or is that league? Who cares? Not I.
Now, I like SciFi. I have books, CDs, records and DVDs. I have the books, records and CDs of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Got the radio series, all five series. The movie. I think I have the TV series. I've got the radio series "Journey Into Space" by Charles Chiltern. Asimovs Robot and Foundation series in books. Star Wars. Books, movies and radio series (starring Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels). Lots and lots of interesting SciFi stuff. I even bid on a Dalek on ebay. Didn't get it but is sold for $6,000.
Interestingly, I saw a Dalek a couple of weeks ago at the Avalon Air Show.

These guys had it.

What's that there? A stormtrooper.

They also had this:

Danger. Danger, Will Robinson.

Yes, they do dress up. Why not? It interests them and they have fun doing it. Oh, their club was invited to participate at the Air Show and were probably paid to do it.

And a club I belong to were paid to participate at the Airshow. They do dressup.

And own interesting vehicles.


There were even "Re-enactment Societies" there:



Blknight.AUS, a member on AULRO, even has been known to dress up in Knights Armour.

All sorts of people have all sorts of different interests. You shouldn't be so dismissive of them.

It appears that you need at least 110 degrees of peripheral vision angle to hold a car licence and 140 degrees to drive a commercial vehicle. If you can prove that your "helmet" does not impact on these figures the police can do nothing.

Visual impairment : VicRoads

What are the eyesight requirements to get a drivers licence? | Specsavers Australia

Personally, I encourage the wearing of funny hats. It makes life more interesting.
I would also prefer it if drivers could see where they are going, if they are going to share the roads.
Do pith helmets obscure peripheral vision? I've never tried one.

Hi,
It takes a lot to out think the obvious.



But someone will!

Cheers

Each to their own but personally I don't get the sci fi thing. I never watched Star Wars until I was an adult when Pocket Rocket insisted I watch them.

Originally Posted by loneranger

Each to their own but personally I don't get the sci fi thing. I never watched Star Wars until I was an adult when Pocket Rocket insisted I watch them.

People look at me in amazement when I tell them I have never seen the movie "Titanic". One girl said to me "I've seen it thirteen times." I asked "Why?"
You very probably have interests I fail to comprehend.
I hear some people like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain. Not me.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

People look at me in amazement when I tell them I have never seen the movie "Titanic". One girl said to me "I've seen it thirteen times." I asked "Why?"
You very probably have interests I fail to comprehend.
I hear some people like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain. Not me.

Lycra 😅






And bicycles to ride whilst wearing it. I currently have 5 built up bikes and 1 frame and I have my eye on 2 more as long as Pocket Rocket doesn't read this. 😉

Originally Posted by loneranger

Lycra 😅






And bicycles to ride whilst wearing it. I currently have 5 built up bikes and 1 frame and I have my eye on 2 more as long as Pocket Rocket doesn't read this. 😉

Not my cup of tea.

But, each to their own.