At least this is one sensible decision they have made( for a change)

i agree Fiona,when this came into force in the UK,deaths were reduced along with serious brain damage

It's also a strange thing that you find folks who always wear a crash helmet at home, think they don't need to abroad.After all, nothing bad can happen on holiday, can it?

spot on fiona, my wife and i have been using a scooter for the last ten visits and its true what you say when in india people forget any highway rules that they observe in england in fact i see more goans wearing helmets than europeans,the worst thing we see is europeans with children sat on the petrol tank or stood up on the front of a scooter,my daughter worked for a travel company in goa,see needed a scooter get around, she promised us she would wear a helmet,one day she was on a back road in calangute when a car hit her from behind she fell off and banged her head on the road,we are sure the helmet saved her life,enough said i think.

this was said last year and the year before etc etc I doubt I will see this enforced as usual....

whats the next headline?

Only 4 shackes allowed on the beach from October?

Having seen the crash helmets on offer in Goa you are just as protected wearing a cap.

Just another way for the galant boys in brown to earn some more tea money.

any helmet is better than none having said which ,we took ours out from the UK,if you break arms and legs you are in with a chance,broken skulls with all the problems involved is a different ball game,

hi, we got a couple of decent helmets from Panaji,but we will be taking some english helmets this year,the goan ones that are of a good standard are very heavy.

Have a look at

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Many of these helmets are available freely in Goa. Studds, Steelbird and Vega are all sold in Europe so they meet EEC standards.
I have a Vega Boolean which is an excellent helmet with very good features and not too heavy. Its so good I brought one back to the UK.
Fully agree with Dragon, any helmet is better than a cap!

Yes, I fully agree that it's a sensible step but I hate wearing them.

I can't get one to fit - head too big (no comments please!) and they are so hot! We drive slowly but I know that a fall at 15mph will cause real damage and if you bang your napper, it could be game over.

Yes, it makes sense and I know I'm being irresponsible by not using one but I just hate wearing them.
And what do you do with them when you park up? Take them to the beach? Take them to the restaurant? Leave them with the bike and get them nicked?

Personally........... I give up on this subject.

Motorcyclists have to do all these things in Europe and UK.

Too hot? Tough!

And most foreigners riding around Goa are not even qualified riders,

Tried above to point out the vast range of helmets available in Panaji and Mapusa, whatever size your head is, but somehow life-saving info infringes rules

Lets hope no-one one this forum becomes (another) statistic

Helmets becoming law will not worry most tourists as they are riding illegally without a full motorcycle licence anyway, and wobbling down the Calangute/Candolim stretch at half the speed of the rest of the traffic........
(I ride slowly so I am safe ),
they are a traffic hazard to others, as well as putting their own lives at risk..... and I am sick of them putting my (qualified and helmetted) life at risk.

It's not all part of the "holiday fun", it's dangerous and irresponsible.

Could'nt agree more, I've posted on this same subject over the years but usually felt a lone voice. All most people seemed interested in, is how to dodge paying the fines when stopped, get an international licence seems the cure all, even if its only for a car licence. The vast majority of people on scooters and bikes would'nt get near one back home. The general consensus is, I'll drive slowly, wont go near Panjim, and just keep to the quiet roads and go to the beaches, and I'll be fine. Another thing nobody wants to mention is the complete lack of proper insurance, it's as if the minute they arrive in Goa, all semblence of common sense go out the window. As you point out it's not just their own life they ar putting at risk, it's other peoples.
Alan

I ride slowly so I am safe

Calm down Botany Bay! Misquoting people doesn't help your case. What I said was:

We drive slowly but I know that a fall at 15mph will cause real damage and if you bang your napper, it could be game over.

Bit different, I think.

I am used to driving two wheels and actually took a crash helmet over last year. I'm just saying I don't like wearing it!

I'm sure that Roma is a experienced rider on two wheels and does everything as per the book, but I fear he is in the minority. Botany Bay and I fully accept I'm sure, that there is some people on holiday in Goa , hiring scooters and the like , properly helmeted and fully insured, and our comments are not directed at them, but at the vast majority that should not be within a mile of the road in Goa, and are risking not only their own wellbeing and safety, but that of other peoples, by their actions Many of the local population in Goa if injured or worse by one of those persons that ride about goa uninsured, are ill placed to cope with the financial consequences of such an event, and the result to their furure, as a victim of this,l could be lifechanging.
Alan

Thank you Gramps for the diplomacy!

"Used to riding" or passed a test and experienced?

From the "What do I do with my helmet" when off the bike I think I can guess the answer.....

No passee test, no legal in Goa, sorree!

Oh and help my case?
I don't have one..........only got involved in this discussion to point out that decent helmets are available in Goa.
If people want to ride around illegal, unprotected and uninsured......... go ahead, just don't ride into me please.

Quoting Botany Bay

just don't ride into me please

I'll certainly try to avoid it!

just as an aside but on the same sort of subject we also took hi viz waistcoats,which we wear at night then fold up and put in the underseat,have found that my british crash helmet does not fit in the underseat,so carry them in duffle type bags

I didnt know u had strated to wear helmets anf high viz jackets dragon"!! might not recognise you this year see what i missed out on last season
chilly x

http://oheraldo.in/News/Local%20News/Helmets-compulsory-on-all-roads-from-Oct-2/64950.html

So if you don't like the Indian ones, bring one from UK, but if you are stopped and checked thoroughly, you will still be illegal as it will not have the required ISI mark.

All assuming the new law lasts for more than a few days before being "deferred"?