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I was given a warning. CVC 27400… Something about not obstructing both my ears. Don’t get it though…people on bikes wear helmets and an helmet isn’t earplugs or headphones….Maybe just cop wanted to flex. I said oh, ok, didn’t know. He said cool car, and left…[/quote]
That stop was BULLSHIT
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Ok. Good to know. In case I ever want to pretend to be THE STIG and wear my helmet while driving, glad that it will be legal. Besides, it’s ok. I got stopped for bullshit that time, at another time in my more youthful stupid days…I got stopped on I-5 going 97 early in the morning when there was no cars and was let off with a warning. So it evens out.
One thing to note. In case you are serious about getting an ND miata or Fiat 124 and were remotely serious about wearing a helmet…fun fact… The stock seats that come with the car don’t really work well with a driver wearing a helmet…
The bucket seat has an integrated, non-adjustable headrest that bulges forward so your un-helmeted head rests on… This design protects your head in case of a rear and collision on the street, so you don’t get whiplash…
Unfortunately, while this design is good for an unhelmeted head, it’s terrible if you wear a helmet, because that headrest bulge pushes your helmeted head forward a bit…So instead of looking straight forward, your head is pointed slightly downward by a few degrees. Beside it not being natural, for something like an autocross it totally messes up your long distance view since you’ll have a tendency to look right in front of you instead the longer distance you should be looking at. You’ll need to make a minor seat adjustment by slightly reclining the seat so your head is angled correctly again. Unfortunately, in a miata if you’re tall that means slightly moving your seat forward by an inch or two… Because if you put your seat all the back, you won’t be able to recline the seat enough to correct for the helmet angle.
The other annoying thing about the ND miata for passengers is the passenger footwell is a lot smaller than normal because their a protuding bulge coming out of the left side where they stuck the radio’s amplifier. Not sure why they put it there. Anyway, another reason not to take a passenger.
