Retiree finally parts with his 40-year-old headgear
KUALA LUMPUR: A man who had not changed his motorcycle helmet for 40 years became an instant star with the media when he had his headgear exchanged for a new one.
Chow Hing Loong, 64, was riding along Jalan Imbi when he was stopped yesterday by Road Safety Department (JKJR) officials, who were giving out free helmets as part of its road safety advocacy campaign.
The bubbly retiree amused those present when the inner lining of his half-shell helmet fell off.
The lifespan of the helmet was, in fact, extended only by strips of double-sided tape.
Falling apart: Suret (right) looking at the 40-year-old helmet belonging to Chow (third from left). Also pictured were (from left) Road Safety Marshal Club Captain K. Balasupramaniam and JKJR Federal Territory director Muhammad Heeza Hasan. “The new generation of helmets are not comfortable. The old ones, like mine, are more cooling,” he said.
JKJR director-general Datuk Suret Singh proceeded to help buckle the new helmet on Chow.
Suret said that at least 170,000 of such helmets have been distributed to motorcyclists since July 2008.
Costing RM50 each, an estimated RM8.5mil has been spent on the programme.
“A helmet is only good to be used between three to four years. Those that we have collected from this campaign (for failing Sirim’s requirements for safety) will be destroyed,” Suret said.
He reiterated that the objective of the campaign was to ensure that motorcyclists and pillion riders wore helmets and were buckled up safelyRead more/More news on: http://thestar.com.my/news/
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