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Motorcycle safety gear

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Motorcycle safety gear

The importance of wearing safety gear when riding a motorcycle, including a helmet and proper clothing and footwear, is shown in this poster, which contrasts ‘full gear’ with ‘fool’s gear’.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-SAFETY-Road-1983-01

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Nancy Swarbrick, Road accidents – Promoting road safety, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/20909/motorcycle-safety-gear (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 17 February 2010, updated 1 December 2014.