SPOIL MY HAIR-DO? I’D RATHER DIE!
The Costa Del Sol isn’t immune to some strange behaviour and even stranger views on life.
A recent survey carried out by the Costa Del Sol city of Granada’s City Council revealed that despite the law stating that a crash helmet must be worn on mopeds and motorcycles, a staggering seven out of ten young people who live there don’t wear helmets when on their motorbikes.
The main reason they give for not wearing a crash helmet?
Because they don’t want to spoil their hair-dos! Many also said that they find wearing a crash helmet ugly or uncomfortable.
Of those young residents who do wear a crash helmet, a crazy 70% of them don’t actually fasten them. They ride with their crash helmets on but unfastened not for safety, but in the hope of avoiding fines. The survey was part of a Costa Del Sol safety campaign aimed at 14 to 16-year-olds (who are legally able to ride mopeds), called: “Your life can change in a second”.
On the Costa Del Sol, that has a very true ring to it.
Picture by G J Allen
3 Responses to “SPOIL MY HAIR-DO? I’D RATHER DIE!”
By Aloha Team on Jan 30, 2008 | Reply
I spent a couple of months in Spain back in the early 90s … at Moron AB. We made a few trips down to Costa Del Sol. Even then, I remember seeing many people riding mopeds … without helmets of course.
By Terry on Jan 30, 2008 | Reply
I know it’s incredible. The helmet law only came in a few years ago but still most riders flout it. The Spanish don’t take well to change and especially the kids see it at unwanted interference from Europe on their way of life in Spain and especially here on the Costa Del Sol.
By Tim E. on Jan 31, 2008 | Reply
It’s pretty rare in Alberta to see a rider without a helmet. Espcially on the Freeway!Hopefully they change their attitudes before they die for their ‘do.