MOPED ARMY

you'll miss that insurance when you get tboned by an 85 year old lady thats 4 feet 8 inches tall who didnt "notice" the red light!

this kid is an idiot lol. cheapos are a danger to society. Just like people who drive cars without insurance !

let me be the first to say

my magnum and my mb5 are class c. new york is easy to register

$6.25 a year

Fullface helmet FTW..you want to be free move to New Hampshire. There motto is "Live free or die". Insurance is a good thing to have, but I don't have any on my ped so eh..

If you are going 20mph or under why wear a helmet..I can speed along on a mountain bike at 20mph and I never had a helmet. Above 20mph..fullface helmet is a must.

We don't forget that we are free when we say where a helmet. We think of your brains and how you would like to keep then inside your skull. Never forget it.

Freedom fries aren't free!

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I think evan's just jealous that he didn't think of this first...

i didn't even know these things had laws hahaha, i live in n.s. , i flew by the cops today doing 25mph and they didn't do anything

"over 20mph wear a helmet"

if he gets hit by a car its not going to matter how fast he is going as much as it will matter how fast the car is going.

_If you are going 20mph or under why wear a helmet_

If you like that theory, here's an experiment:

Run down the sidewalk as fast as you possibly can. When you reach full speed, dive head/face first into the pavement. That's approximately what falling (poorly) from a moped going 20 could feel like. If that doesn't sound fun, get and use a helmet.

Also, _if he gets hit by a car its not going to matter how fast he is going as much as it will matter how fast the car is going_ is a really good point too.

Linda those arguments work for running also... so do you suggest we wear a helmet when running? aka would you wear a full face on a solex?

i've crashed , more than once. thankfully i was always wearing a full face/ landed on my feet.

I think you're a lot less likely to enjoy a faceplant into the pavement when you're running than when you're on a moped. Also, you have more control over yourself when it's just you -- variables like gravel and potholes are easier to avoid when you don't have to worry about getting both yourself and your moped around them unscathed. You also don't have to deal with the car factor when you run (unless you're one of those people who runs in the street), and you probably can't run 20mph for very long, whereas your moped can go 20, 25, 30, 35.... for quite a while.

I'm just trying to say that there is a reasonable likelihood that if you fall off your moped, you will hit your head. Within that likelihood, there is a reasonable chance that you will hit the front of your head. In that situation, I would much rather be wearing a full face helmet than a half helmet or no helmet at all.

I use the running example because I think it adds perspective. Nobody in their right mind would purposely faceplant into concrete, yet plenty of people have no issues with riding helmet-less. The only difference is chance -- in one example, you have a 100% chance of scrubbing your face open on pavement, and in the other, you have an undetermined chance of scrubbing your face open on pavement. I can't speak for you guys, but that's not a game of chance I want to play, regardless of what the odds are.

I also live in NYS and i have two maxis registered as Class C. when i went to register my last one the woman punched in the VIN and the system told her it should be a class B and she asked if i had insurance. I said no, and said that it should be a class C because i already had one just like it registered as a C. She then pulled out her binder of regulations, asked me how fast it goes, to which i promptly replied "20mph" and she says "well, i guess I'll have to believe you" and she handed my my plate and i was on my way.

all that aside, even though i'm not required to wear a helmet, I always wear a fullface. as far as insurance goes, I don't have insurance, and that's the main reason i chose to register as a class C. I live in a small town and don't ride very far, or in heavy traffic, and If someone hits me, and i'm not required to have insurance, it's their insurance that pays for the damage. If something else happens to my moped, i can pay to fix it without worrying about whether or not my insurance will cover it. and if i hit someone, which is definately not going to happen, it's pretty likely that the damage to the other vehicle would be negligable.

my last moped (a sebring) i had to register as a class B because it said top speed 30mph right on the vin plate, and the insurance only cost me $75/year, so if you gotta get insurance, it's no big deal.

Geez, Linda, are you part Gazelle running 20 mph?

And I understand everyone wanting to keep Roni safe and sound by telling him to wear a helmet, but that is a personal choice by him and should be respected. I'm pretty sure he knows what the consequences are if he chooses to ride with the wind in his hair. People need to learn to respect other peoples decisions and stop forcing their personal opinions. If his not wearing a helmet affected YOUR safety in some way, then by all means tell him to cover is noggin.