New Helmet!

Finally...

I had to say good bye to my faithful Nolan N100 Helmet.




It's been a good 8 years.
It was love @ first sight @ LAB.
Sigh...

Initially I wanted to get another Nolan, N103.

But I was advised that somehow the standard of the make / quality has somewhat.... errmmmm.... disappointing.

If you can see... Design wise... nothing much has changed.

Many people complained about the hinges, wind noises and exp weight @ slightly over 1kg... one of the heaviest in the market.

The I saw this

Caberg Helmets

And I was in love again.

But the price made me choose the latter.

The Review of the Rhyno was rather impressive I must say.

The wind noise, the feel, the comfort was much better than even the N100 I must say.


Side profile.

Open Sesame...
See the cool sun visor?





Love it.

Think those car drivers will get scared when I ask (nicely & politely) to stop using their mobile phones?

Parking Inconsiderate & ... aarrggggggggg

Copied and Paste from my original Blog

See anything unusual with this pict??

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Yes, parking on 2 lots? Yes!!

But usually, such posts are posted in my other blog, the biker blog, on Parking Inconsiderates.
But I am making an exception on this particular case due to the "nature" of this "story.

Well, here's what happened.

I was sending Jed to his usual swimming lesson today and funny thing was, there were lots of cars there... I mean, today was a sunny day, wonderful chance for a swim.

But driving on, I finally found a place to park, but I also noticed this car in front of me.

1. It was taking up 2 lots

2. There was a lady changing this little girl right there and then.

Seeing the "P" plate, I though that she had made a boo boo and did not know that she was parking this way.

So, walking towards the pool, I casually "notified" her "Excuse me, I think you are parking on 2 lots"

She looked quite sternly and annoyed @ me and replied "Yes I know, I need the space to change 2 of my girls"

I did not really understand her "reason" as her 2 girls looked like they were swimming earlier and if my memory served me correctly, the pool had changing and shower facilities.

Feeling kinda puzzled, so I asked "Does the pool have toilets for that?"

She responded "Yes I know, but my girls are uncomfortable changing in there"

I was like......... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What??? (In thought)
I was thinking "So you are taking up 2 lots in the public car park, so that you can change your 2 girls who is uncomfortable changing in the toilet but is ok with changing in a public car park??

I was like... "errmmm... ok..."
Thinking "you're the parent, you know best"

But then she added sounding rather annoyed..." I am surprised that you asked me that question, you as a parent yourself should know and understand"

I said "sorry?", and she repeated what she just said.

When she said that, I admit, it hit a nerve.

I tried to respond as "gently" as I could without making a scene and said "Parenting is one thing, being inconsiderate is another"

With that I walked off without wanting to get into more senseless banter.

I think the story is quite self explanatory... I mean, what's going on??
I am so lost for words...
Sigh...

1st Qn... how fast was he going and why was the vehicle like this?

I have never saw a worse Jam in my life of driving!!!

I was on my way to Jurong and we got stuck somewhere near Toa Payoh road.

Judging from the "speed" of the traffic... I knew something was really wrong.

I exited out from Steven's road and took the smaller roads to cut through Bukit Timah.

When I hear that there was an accident that involved a lorry, I had no idea it was that bad.

Looking @ the picture... all I can think of is...

1. Why did he "swerve" to the extreme right?
- Was he avoiding something?
- Was he over taking? Why should he be over taking? Is he allowed to over take?
- Did he lose control? If he was within speed limits, would the accident be this bad?

2. Why did the trailer flip?
- See above... how fast was he going? He was carrying 5 slabs of concrete... Just the weight alone... he's heavier than a tank... how did he flip??

IMHO, the companies should be responsible for their drivers and be made to pay for the inconvenience caused to the public.
*Like the MRT incident recently when 2 of their service trains collided.

Heavy vehicles these days are getting to aggressive and arrogant with the way that they drive which I have witnessed that could have caused serious accidents.

I have tried to complain to the authorities before... but the impression that they have given was... Since there are no "accidents" or "injuries"... no actions will be taken. Their numbers will not even be stored for recording purposes.

I guess perhaps that's why the public is so tired of giving "feedback" to the authorities. As they have a tendency to brush it off as another "complaint".

Sad.

IMHO, I believe that such a Database would "wake" those reckless driver up and let them know that they are being watched, not only by the authorities, but also by the public.

You give bikers a bad name

IMHO, these bikers give SG bikers a bad name...

But I can feel their pain.



Unlike cars, these ERP readers are exposed.


and the cash cards need to be taken out everytime if it's not in use.
(Else, it may get stolen)

Mine got stoles afew times when I forgot to take out mine.

For those people who say that these can be locked up... think again... Would you lock it on the bike if it was yours? Have you seen the flimsy plastic which is "supposed" to be the "ring"
for the lock?

IMHO, the designer was surely not a biker himself / herself.

Oh yes, this includes the recent implementation of the RFID parking thingie...

Who in the world would want to expose that RFID Tag when replacing that thing cost money?

Did they even think about the bikes when they designed that / those thing / things?
Sad....

When they implement the GPS thingie for the usage of "your" vehicle, I wonder how is it going to be designed for bikes.

Reckless Car drivers

Some car drivers are so.... in a rush... sometimes it's not really surprising to "see" such accidents.

But sometime I think the authorities should do something about it though.




Example?

1. Check these drivers' mobile to see if they have been using the mobile when the accident happened.

2. Check their records for past speeding offenses

3. Have a database to hold records of complaints from member of the public of reckless drivers to enforce point 2.

Just to name afew.

:)

Did she deserve it?? Parking Inconsiderate

I do not condone to vandalism but this article really made me laugh!

*IMHO, I'd laugh harder if I knew who the owner was.

Who is right? Who is wrong?

The car owner parked her car without thinking of other road users and got this...

Did she deserve it?

:)



All I can say is... Car owner... There is a chinese saying... Walk too much @ night, one day will meet ghost!

:)

Creating more demand??

It's a well known fact that SG has little space for cars to park.

But creating lesser parking lots?


When supply goes down, what goes up?
You have the answer to that.

And with this article... it sounded really contradicting.