Kiwi cops add a bit of spice to helmetless rider’s day
by D'Amico ... LOBV @ 1:59 pm []Nothing like this would ever happen in Austin! (Errr…well we did have some arrests way back when.) But take a gander at what happened to this bloke who rode his bike to work without a helmet in the land of Mordor…the oppressive state of New Zealand, which has a bicycle helmet law.
News 3 has the story… http://tinyurl.com/kiwispice
[...] Rob at Bicycle Austin Blog recently found a video from New Zealand’s News 3 (which is apparently REALLY sponsored by Mazda) about a guy who was pepper sprayed and rammed because he wasn’t wearing a helmet. I know Kiwis are known for extreme sports like bungie jumping, but I didn’t know they were into extreme arrests. [...]
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