http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/safety-rules-are-hell-mate/2658725/
A local bloke has been fined and docked three points of his license for having an action camera mounted to his helmet whilst motorcycling on the road. The offence the officer put forward was "Under the mandatory standards, motorcycle helmets cannot be modified to change the "structural integrity" of the safety gear such as drilling holes in to the shell." The guy has argued that it was stuck on with tape so I'm assuming he's stuck a 3M Gopro mount on it.
Anyway, it's a common thing to see a mountain biker wearing a camera. Go to any downhill race and you'd expect most guys to have it on them somewhere and plenty of commuters are doing the same "because it shows fault if I'm in an accident". I think the point of this topic is being missed; that being that the camera is a protrusion that has been proved to create an item that can put pressure on a point of your helmet that can dent your brain. This was the alleged cause of Michael Schumacher's injury which has left him a veggie as it was stated that he fell when skiing and the camera mounted to his helmet punched into his helmet when he head planted a rock and has caused brain damage.
There will always be an argument either way, some will say that a rock or a branch hitting at the wrong spot will do the same damage and some will say the camera will break before the helmet is jeopardized. Is this all just an over reaction? Too much policing of an irrelevant issue? Is it potentially a disaster waiting to happen to each of us wearing a camera? Should it be outlawed?
Edit 9/6/15:
It turns out that the guy in the story I linked had actually drilled four holes in the helmet and put self tapping screws into the helmet insert and that what John E Law booked him for. Typically, the newspaper didn't report that fact. In that regard, I agree that he should have been booked for an offence relating to being a total moron.
Lets paint a scientific picture: You drill four holes around the outer edge of the camera mount. You then go for a hardcore ride to film yourself riding too fast to show your equally dopey mates and you crash your bike. It's all on film but the last few images of the footage a blocked a little by the outer casing of the helmet where it smashed the now drilled section into your skull and the helmet itself is now blocking the image..............
A local bloke has been fined and docked three points of his license for having an action camera mounted to his helmet whilst motorcycling on the road. The offence the officer put forward was "Under the mandatory standards, motorcycle helmets cannot be modified to change the "structural integrity" of the safety gear such as drilling holes in to the shell." The guy has argued that it was stuck on with tape so I'm assuming he's stuck a 3M Gopro mount on it.
Anyway, it's a common thing to see a mountain biker wearing a camera. Go to any downhill race and you'd expect most guys to have it on them somewhere and plenty of commuters are doing the same "because it shows fault if I'm in an accident". I think the point of this topic is being missed; that being that the camera is a protrusion that has been proved to create an item that can put pressure on a point of your helmet that can dent your brain. This was the alleged cause of Michael Schumacher's injury which has left him a veggie as it was stated that he fell when skiing and the camera mounted to his helmet punched into his helmet when he head planted a rock and has caused brain damage.
There will always be an argument either way, some will say that a rock or a branch hitting at the wrong spot will do the same damage and some will say the camera will break before the helmet is jeopardized. Is this all just an over reaction? Too much policing of an irrelevant issue? Is it potentially a disaster waiting to happen to each of us wearing a camera? Should it be outlawed?
Edit 9/6/15:
It turns out that the guy in the story I linked had actually drilled four holes in the helmet and put self tapping screws into the helmet insert and that what John E Law booked him for. Typically, the newspaper didn't report that fact. In that regard, I agree that he should have been booked for an offence relating to being a total moron.
Lets paint a scientific picture: You drill four holes around the outer edge of the camera mount. You then go for a hardcore ride to film yourself riding too fast to show your equally dopey mates and you crash your bike. It's all on film but the last few images of the footage a blocked a little by the outer casing of the helmet where it smashed the now drilled section into your skull and the helmet itself is now blocking the image..............
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