Bikers wear fruit shells to avoid helmet law
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090107/2009_01_07t144234_450x300_us_bikers_odd.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2evA.XfWjVQeXmLHG17SFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Nigerian motorcyclist, wearing a makeshift helmet, waits in traffic in Lagos January 7, 2009. (Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/od_nm/us_bikers_odd)Reuters - Police in Nigeria have arrested scores of motorcycle taxi riders with dried fruit shells, paint pots or pieces of rubber tire tied to their heads with string to avoid a new law requiring them to wear helmets.</p><br clear="all"/>
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