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Originally Posted by baddog
I pretty much stopped riding for a year to give the biker rights groups time to do their thing. Since they did nothing, I started riding again, without a helmet, with the intent of being cited. It took four months, but eventually Torrance PD took the bait (during a slowdown at that).
Went to court, defended self and was convicted. Took it to the appellate level, defended self, and had lower court ruling overturned. Unfortunately, my case did not really involve the legality of the law, so did not help much, but did ensure I only pay $10 in the future.
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pretty cool.
when was that? if i remember correctly there was some sort of technicality back in the early 90s re: pulling over motorcyclists for helmet infractions but i can't recall the details. maybe we were fooling ourselves but we did get away with riding with brain buckets. these days, i figure if i have to wear a helmet, it might as well be dot.