[singpilot]

I am one of those guys that started wearing full face helmets reluctantly. I liked the open face ones up until I saw what happens with them in even the simplest fall (I have only been off of a bike once, in the pre-helmet days, when I and 18 other guys all missed a turn in the Delta, and we all went nonstop with the bikes into a river).

The point here is that my peripheral vision has suffered ever since the full face helmets cut the field of view. Head has to be on a swivel now, instead of peripheral vison and mirrors doing the job. As I have gotten older, and the armored jackets have gotten stiffer, the head on a swivel has gotten tougher.

The point (still coming here) is that the SoCal Freeway onramp is one of the few places where you can still really get on it. I have 11 bikes, and even the slow ones will exceed the national limit plus 30 prior to the end of the ramp. My superbikes will do it in second gear. It is one of my favourite places to get it on.

I have seen a number of these tickets written lately. I have cooled it a bit. I read that article about stretching exercises prior to riding, and have started doing it prior to my commute.

It has helped the head on a swivel.

Appear on the ticket, with counsel, or take his advice if he says not to.

Best of luck, let us know how it went.

Michael.