BOTTOMLINE returns briefly to tell you the strange tale of a skateboarder threatened with a huge fine for "riding without a helmet".
He was fined $61 for simply riding. For the record, Legal Aid states helmets are not compulsory for skaters. It's also legal for skaters to be on roads with speed limits under 50km/h, like every backstreet and a lot of big shopping strips.
Perhaps it's an overzealous approach to a crackdown across the inner-city on jaywalking and cyclists flouting road rules (see opposite page), but to our ears it was unprecedented.
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